First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864. [Subjects from R to L:] Edwin M. Stanton. Salmon P. Chase. President Lincoln. Gideon Welles. Caleb Smith. William H. Seward. Montgomery Blair. Edward Bates.
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First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864. [Subjects from R to L:] Edwin M. Stanton. Salmon P. Chase. President Lincoln. Gideon Welles. Caleb Smith. William H. Seward. Montgomery Blair. Edward Bates.
Collection
Print Collection portrait file
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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Names
Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 (Engraver)
Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1866 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
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Physical Description
Stipple engravings
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving.
Engravings
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 66e20d70-c57e-012f-94ae-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864. [Subjects from R to L:] Edwin M. Stanton. Salmon P. Chase. President Lincoln. Gideon Welles. Caleb Smith. William H. Seward. Montgomery Blair. Edward Bates." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66e20d70-c57e-012f-94ae-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864. [Subjects from R to L:] Edwin M. Stanton. Salmon P. Chase. President Lincoln. Gideon Welles. Caleb Smith. William H. Seward. Montgomery Blair. Edward Bates. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66e20d70-c57e-012f-94ae-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864. [Subjects from R to L:] Edwin M. Stanton. Salmon P. Chase. President Lincoln. Gideon Welles. Caleb Smith. William H. Seward. Montgomery Blair. Edward Bates." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66e20d70-c57e-012f-94ae-58d385a7bc34
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