Object Details
Artist
Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1822 - 1895
Copy after
Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1830 - 1900
Sitter
Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869
Salmon Portland Chase, 13 Jan 1808 - 7 May 1873
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
Gideon Welles, 1 Jul 1802 - 11 Feb 1878
Caleb Blood Smith, 16 Apr 1808 - 7 Jan 1864
Montgomery Blair, 10 May 1813 - 27 Jul 1883
Edward Bates, 4 Sep 1793 - 25 Mar 1869
William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872
Exhibition Label
Despite his personal objection to slavery, Abraham Lincoln entered the presidency pledging not to interfere with the states where it existed. To avoid alienating slaveholding border states that remained loyal to the Union, he steadfastly resisted pressure from abolitionists who urged him to make the dismantling of slavery a goal of the Civil War. But by fall 1862, Lincoln recognized that emancipation of those enslaved within Confederate-held territory was a military as well as a moral necessity.
In September 1862, Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all enslaved people free in regions of the South still in rebellion, would take effect on January 1, 1863. Printmakers capitalized on the positive public response to Lincoln’s order by mass-producing commemorative prints. This lithograph, based on a painting in the U.S. Capitol, recreates the cabinet meeting at which Lincoln read the first draft of his proclamation.
A pesar de su objeción personal a la esclavitud, Abraham Lincoln llegó a la presidencia prometiendo no interferir en los estados donde ya existía. Para evitar enemistarse con los estados esclavistas que seguían leales a la Unión, se resistió al reclamo abolicionista de que incluyera el fin de la esclavitud en las metas de la Guerra Civil. No obstante, ya en el otoño de 1862 reconoció que la emancipación de los esclavizados en territorios confederados era una necesidad militar y moral.
En septiembre de 1862, Lincoln anunció que la Proclama de Emancipación, que declaraba libres a todas las personas esclavizadas en regiones sureñas todavía en rebelión, entraría en efecto el 1 de enero de 1863. Los impresores aprovecharon la positiva reacción pública para producir estampas conmemorativas en masa. Esta litografía, basada en una pintura ubicada en el Capitolio de EE.UU., recrea la reunión del gabinete en la que Lincoln leyó el primer borrador de su proclama.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1866
Object number
S/NPG.76.67
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving and mixed media on paper
Dimensions
Image: 54.1 × 81.8 cm (21 5/16 × 32 3/16")
Sheet: 70.6 × 95.5 cm (27 13/16 × 37 5/8")
Mat: 81.3 × 101.4 cm (32 × 39 15/16")
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
On View
NPG, East Gallery 111
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Printed Material\Document
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Interior\Office
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Chandelier
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
Artwork\Portrait
Container\Inkwell
William Henry Seward: Male
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\New York
William Henry Seward: Law and Crime\Lawyer
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Statesman
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\New York
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\New York
Caleb Blood Smith: Male
Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Judge
Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Interior
Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Indiana
Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Indiana
Montgomery Blair: Male
Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Judge
Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\US Attorney
Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster\Postmaster General\US Postmaster General
Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\Public official\Mayor\St. Louis, MO
Edward Bates: Male
Edward Bates: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\US Attorney General
Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Statesman
Salmon Portland Chase: Male
Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury
Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Ohio
Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Ohio
Salmon Portland Chase: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US
Gideon Welles: Male
Gideon Welles: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy
Gideon Welles: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist
Gideon Welles: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Editor
Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Connecticut
Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
Abraham Lincoln: Male
Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
Abraham Lincoln: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Boat builder
Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male
Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\US Attorney General
Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of War
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_S_NPG.76.67