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Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation / published and lithographed by Ed. Mendel. – Antique Wall Art

Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation / published and lithographed by Ed. Mendel., Chicago : Ed. Mendel, c1864. — antique lithograph
Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation / published and lithographed by Ed. Mendel., Chicago : Ed. Mendel, c1864.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation / published and lithographed by Ed. Mendel. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation / published and lithographed by Ed. Mendel.

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Rather than a portrait, this lithograph reproduces the Emancipation Proclamation, the order Abraham Lincoln issued on January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate-held territory free. Printed in Chicago by Ed. Mendel around 1864, it carries the copyright of Thos. B. Bryan, president of the city's Soldiers' Home, and its subject headings tie it to fundraising for that institution. Facsimiles like this one were sold to support care for Union soldiers, turning the document's fame into money for veterans' welfare. It is a useful record of how the proclamation circulated in wartime America.

Created / publishedChicago : Ed. Mendel, c1864.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenrePortrait prints 1860-1870.Facsimiles 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870.
NotesCopyright by Thos. B. Bryan, President of the Soldiers Home, Chicago. No. 1074.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Associated objects. Fund raising--Illinois--Chicago--1860-1870. Soldiers' homes--Illinois--Chicago--1860-1870. United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 899 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169451

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