(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Emancip

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation of Emancipation. Engraving, 23 1/2 x 19 inches; worn, several short closed tears and 2 small chips in margins, light soiling, faint dampstaining, laid down on paper. New York: R.A. Dimmick, 1864

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The text is set in a variety of typefaces, in a border with a portrait of Lincoln and seven other vignettes--the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous united nation at right. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver, and C.A. Alvord was the printer. Eberstadt 21.