/internal/media/dispatcher/774984/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLincoln Reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinetabout 1862–63Alonzo ChappelSheet: 41.0 x 55.7 cm (16 1/8 x 21 15/16 in.)oil (grisaille technique) on paper mounted to cardboardGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–187557.3260Lincoln 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.Drawings41.000000000016890101