050297: FRANCES BICKNELL CARPENTER ENGRAVING, C1864,

FRANCES BICKNELL CARPENTER ENGRAVING, C1864, 24" X 32", "FIRST READING OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION":Engraver: Alexander Hay Riche; published by: Stipple; original Artist France Bicknell Carpenter, inscribed "The First Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation Before The Cabinet"; depicts from left to right: Edward M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, President Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Wells, Caleb Smith, William H. Seward, Simon Cameron, Montgomery Blair and Edward Bates; per consigner, original frame and glass; this is one of the original issued prints before the "Independent Newspaper" re-issues;