Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st 1863

by Abraham Lincoln, del Gilman R. Russell

$3,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Philadelphia: Published by G. R. Russell, 1865. P. S. Duval & Son, Lith. Hand-colored lithograph, 25.25” x 17” plus margins. CONDITION: Good, some toning and light soiling, neatly repaired tear extending down through the text at far right, 3.5” tear just into text at right, several other repaired tears confined to margins, backed with Japanese tissue. An unusual, hand-colored example of this handsome

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