Reading the Emancipation Proclamation

Date

1864

Creator

Herrick, Henry Walker

Location

Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

Steel engraving depicting the reaction of a group of slaves to hearing the Emancipation Proclamation read to them by a Union soldier. Below this image is a small portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn by H.W. Herrick and engraved by J.W. Watts.

Creator

Herrick, Henry Walker

Date

1864

Material Type

Graphic

Identifier

PRINT-1864-01-F2

Link to source

https://onesearch.library.nd.edu/permalink/f/1phik6l/ndu_aleph004862474

Publisher

[publisher not identified], [Connecticut?]

Genre/Physical Characteristic

1 print

Language

English

Dimensions

45 x 53 cm

Metadata

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