Abraham Lincoln
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Genre
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activismGovernmentSocial Welfare and ReformLegislatorsSoldiersBusiness and FinanceCongressmenmerchants
About
Yankee printmakers capitalized on the positive reception given the Emancipation Proclamation by issuing scores of commemorative prints. In this lithograph, Abraham Lincoln’s portrait is formed from the text of the proclamation.