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E. Pluribus Unum. September 22d 1862 January 1st 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.....Allegorical Portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Philadelphia: Swander, Bishop & Co., 1865. “Engraved facsimile by P.S. Duval & Son Philada.”. Lithograph, 21 1/8” x 16” plus margins. CONDITION: Very good, trimmed close at top, paper pulp repair on verso to upper right corner. A calligraphic portrait of Lincoln consisting of the text of both the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamations so penned (one might say “so tortured”) as to form a reasonable likeness. This version drawn by R. Morris Swander and printed by Duval is one of two such Emancipation portraits described by Eberstadt. Another version by W. H. Pratt (Eberstadt nos. 40–43) went through various editions. The present portrait is surrounded by a foliated border. At the top, an eagle holds in its beak a banner reading E. Pluribus Unum. A vignette of a slave tied to a stump and being whipped appears in the lower left corner. An allegorical scene showing Lady Liberty bestowing freedom on a kneeling slave appears in the lower right corner. At her feet, a black schoolboy is reading, with a book labeled “Public Schools” leaning against his hip. An African American soldier appears in the background. “An excellent calligraphic portrait after Meserve No. 85 using the text of both proclamations.”—Eberstadt 48. REFERENCES: Eberstadt, Charles. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 48.
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