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Emancipation Proclamation, (painting). Artist:  Lamb, A. A., painter. Title:  Emancipation Proclamation, (painting). Dates:  1864 or later. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  32 3/8 x 54 in. (82.5 x 137.2 cm) Inscription:  (Lower right, on rock:) A. A. Lamb signed Description:  Scene of the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation with a classical female figure who represents Liberty driving a horse-pulled chariot and leading Lincoln and other Union officers on horses in front of the United States Capital where crowds of people are gathered. Subject:  History -- United States -- Emancipation Proclamation Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Architecture exterior -- Civic -- U.S. Capitol Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Capitol Object -- Other -- Flag Figure group Occupation -- Military Animal -- Horse Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1955.11.10 (1428) Provenance:  Gift of Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler, 1955. References:  Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Illustration:  Image on file. Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992, pg. 243. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 79. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08600515   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600515 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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