Mar 26, 2015 - Sale 2377

Sale 2377 - Lot 113

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Proclamation of Emancipation. Lithographic calligraphic bust portrait of Lincoln by W.H. Pratt, surrounded by a border of "the Names of Members of Congress who Voted for the Resolution to Submit to the Legislatures of the Several States, the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Prohibiting Slavery Forever"; a second border of the state seals surrounds. The entire piece 28 x 21-5/8 inches; some toning, more pronounced at the edges; several early damp-stains. should be seen. Davenport, Iowa, circa 1865

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Eberstadt, #43, a variation on #42, W.H. Pratt. A complex work, which not only bears the names of the Congressmen who voted for the amendment, but finely engraved vignettes of their state seals.