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Lithograph

Title:
Proclamation of Emancipation
Object Name:
Lithograph
Object ID:
1995.571.06
Creator:
Pratt, William H. (b. 1822)Calligrapher; Hageboeck, August (b. 1836)Lithographer
Place of Origin:
Davenport, IA
Date:
1865
Description:
Lithograph, Proclamation of Emancipation, lithographed by August Hageboeck (b. 1836), after William H. Pratt (b. 1822), 1865. Ink on paper. Image of Abraham Lincoln within calligaphic text of the Emancipation Proclamation. Text with image in oval shape surrounded by a calligraphic border; titled upper center with flourishes: "Proclamation of Emancipation." Below with flourishes: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." Signed below oval: "Designed and written by W.H. Pratt, Davenport, IA.", "Lith. by A. Hageboeck, Davenport, IA." Under Lincoln's name: "Ent. accodg. to act of Congress in the year 1865 by W.H. PRATT in the Clerk's office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the Dist. of Iowa." Matted. Modern wood frame, painted black; glazed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-14.2 W-10.9 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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