(SLAVERY ABOLITION) George Gardner Fish artist Allegorical

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) George Gardner Fish, artist. Allegorical carte-de-visite of Emancipation. Hand-colored albumen photograph, 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, on photographer's mount; minimal wear. Boston, MA: John Sowle [Soule], 1863

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Lady Liberty brandishes the Emancipation Proclamation, while two scantily clad enslaved people wrap her in the American flag. The trope of the kneeling slaves receiving their freedom can also be seen in the designs of the Liberator masthead in the 1840s (with Christ as the liberating figure), and in the oft-criticized 1876 Emancipation Memorial featuring Abraham Lincoln.