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Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation

(American, 1828–1912)
1861–63
Medium/TechniquePen over graphite on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 15.4 x 19.7 cm (6 1/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number54.1747
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in pen and ink:AV Seperate sheet in pen and ink: title
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954
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