Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation by Albert Kidder, active 1863 - c. 1869

Medium

Print

Classification

Print

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marvin Sadik

Accession Number

NPG.81.47

Tags

MerchantBoat builderLawyerAbraham Lincoln: MaleSoldierPostmasterPresident of USIllinoisSurveyorIllinois

Art Historical Context

Created in 1864 by Albert Kidder, a printmaker active during the Civil era (1863–c. 1869), *Emancipation Proclamation* is a striking broadside print from the Smithsonian Art Museum's collection. Acquired as a gift to the National Portrait Gallery by Marvin Sadik, this captures a pivotal moment in American history accessible printmaking techniques, which allowed for mass production and widespread dissemination of patriotic imagery. The print commemorates President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation of 1863, a landmark executive order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states amid the Civil War...

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