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The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation
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Artist
Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912
Sitter
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
Date
1864
Type
Print
Medium
Transfer lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.4 × 18 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/16")
Sheet: 24.4 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Drape
Architecture\Window
Artwork\Sculpture
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Abraham Lincoln: Male
Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US
Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.79.95.V
Exhibition Label
This satirical sketch by Adalbert Volck, a Confederate sympathizer and artist from Baltimore, Maryland, casts President Lincoln in league with the devil as he drafts the Emancipation Proclamation. The pictures on the wall purport to show Lincoln in sympathy with radical abolitionist John Brown and with the bloody slave revolt in Santo Domingo at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Este boceto satírico de Adalbert Volck, artista simpatizante de los confederados y radicado en Baltimore, Maryland, presenta al presidente Lincoln en confabulación con el diablo mientras redacta la Proclamación de Emancipación. Los cuadros que se ven en la pared pretenden mostrar que Lincoln simpatizaba con el abolicionista radical John Brown y con la sangrienta revuelta de esclavos ocurrida en Santo Domingo a principios del siglo XIX.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view