(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Carte de visite of the proposed Freedma

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Carte-de-visite of the proposed Freedman's National Monument. Albumen photograph, 3 1/2 x 2 inches, on photographer's mount with artist's copyright statement; minimal wear. Boston: Frank Rowell, 1866

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A photograph by Heywood of the model for a proposed monument to Lincoln and emancipation, created by Harriet G. Hosmer. Lincoln lies in state in a temple guarded by soldiers and angels. It was eventually passed aside for Thomas Ball's always-controversial Emancipation Memorial.