LINCOLN ABRAHAM Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st

Sale 2432 - Lot 198

Unsold

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st 1863. Lithograph, 26 3/4 x 20 inches; toned, four tears with early repairs on verso, each about 4 inches and faintly offsetting to recto, one of them causing very slight loss to left part of border, plus a 2-inch closed tear in lower margin. Philadelphia: G.R. Russell, 1865

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

A full-length portrait of Lincoln is 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.