Alexander and Moritz Kann, Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Alexander and Moritz Kann, Emancipation Proclamation(1863). Chromolithograph, 23 x 28 1/2. Library of Congress, Washington. Reproduced from Joshua C. Taylor, America as Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1976, 34. The Kann's chromolithograph shows a classical allegory presided over by America with an American eagle by her side, witnessing George Washington crowning Abraham Lincoln with a halo as the Founding Fathers look on.
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