(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Large format photograph of the proposed

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Large-format photograph of the proposed Freedman's National Monument. Albumen photograph, 7 x 9 1/2 inches, on original 13 3/4 x 17 1/2-inch printed mount with measurements of the proposed monument, estimated cost, and artist's copyright statement; minimal wear, light toning to mount; early owner's presentation inscription on verso. Boston: Frank Rowell, 1867

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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.