http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/774984/resize%3Aformat%3DfullLincoln Reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinetabout 1862–63Alonzo Chappeloil (grisaille technique) on paper mounted to cardboardLincoln standing beside table in front of window facing five men at left: Montgomery Blair, Caleb B. Smith and Gideon Welles seated; Edwin M. Stanton and Edward Bates standing. Behind the President at right standing: W. H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase. Lincoln first read a draft for the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on July 17, 1862, and again on Sept. 22, 1862. The formal Proclamation was issued on Jan. 1, 1863.Drawings41.0000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/168901/rdf