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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion against the Union in the American Civil War on January 1, 1863. Lincoln presented the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet on July 22, 1862 and issued it on September 22, 1862. The final Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.
Carpenter spent six months in the White House while he painted. The painting is displayed at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Francis Bicknell Carpenter Washington, D.C. American Civil War First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Union states United States Capitol 16th painting Cabinet members White House president of the United States Emancipation Proclamation