LINCOLN ABRAHAM Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st 1863. Lithograph, 26 3/4 x 21 inches; faint evidence of a closed tear and marginal wear, professionally cleaned and restored. Philadelphia: G.R. Russell, 1865

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A full-length portrait of Lincoln, surrounded by the text of the Emancipation Proclamation in calligraphic script. Atop the decorative border, seated on crossed flags and armaments, are an American eagle, an allegorical figure of liberty, and a slave. Lithographed by P.S. Duval & Son, after "an original designed and executed entirely with a pen by Gilman R. Russell, Prof. of Penmanship." Eberstadt 45.