Artist/Maker
Adalbert Johann Volck
(Bavarian, 1828 - 1912)
Depicted
Abraham Lincoln
(American, 1809 – 1865)
Print # 3, Writing the Emancipation Proclamation
1863
Etching
Overall: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
New-York Historical Society Library, Confederate War Etchings File
PR.010.1.05.1
DescriptionLincoln is seen writing, his foot on the U.S. Constitution. Ghouls and demons surround him on the furniture, the inkpot. Two paintings of saints of war are hung on the wall.ClassificationsPRINTS
