File:Emancipation Proclamation.jpg
Shown from left to right are:
Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war (seated);
Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury (standing);
Abraham Lincoln;
Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy (seated);
Caleb Blood Smith, secretary of the interior (standing);
William H. Seward, secretary of state (seated);
Montgomery Blair, postmaster general (standing);
Edward Bates, attorney general (seated).
Also shown are:
Andrew Jackson, former president (painting centre);
Simon Cameron, former secretary of war (painting left).
Date
1864
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
height: 108 in (274.3 cm); width: 180 in (457.2 cm)
Collection
Current location
Accession number
Place of creation
United States of America
Object history
Exhibition history
Credit line
U.S. Senate Collection
Inscriptions
Unsigned
Notes
Source/Photographer
U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war (seated);
Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury (standing);
Abraham Lincoln;
Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy (seated);
Caleb Blood Smith, secretary of the interior (standing);
William H. Seward, secretary of state (seated);
Montgomery Blair, postmaster general (standing);
Edward Bates, attorney general (seated).
Also shown are:
Andrew Jackson, former president (painting centre);
Simon Cameron, former secretary of war (painting left).
United States Capitol | |||
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Native name | United States Capitol | ||
Parent institution | United States Capitol Complex | ||
Location | |||
Coordinates | 38° 53′ 23″ N, 77° 00′ 33″ W | ||
Established | 1793 | ||
Website | www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol | ||
Authority file |
West Staircase, Senate Wing
33.00005.000
1877: purchased by Elizabeth Thompson from Francis Bicknell Carpenter for $25,000
- 1864 - East Room, White House, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- after 1864Washington, D.C., United States of America - Rotunda, U.S. Capitol Building,
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