1864
Stebbins, Lucius, (fl. 1864)
Title: Reading the Emancipation Proclamation
One lithograph dated 1864. Depicts black family gathered around a soldier reading a newspaper. The family all look to the soldier in varying states of shock and hope as he reads the emancipation proclamation. Present are eleven people including a mother who is kneeling and praying in the center of the image.
GLC07595