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Figure 1 Nast’s Emancipation Evolution The print above is based on an illustration by Thomas Nast. Click on the image to find out how the print-makers altered Nast’s original drawing following Lincoln’s death in 1865. Figure 2 … Continue reading
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The image that provides the banner for this digital classroom comes from famous cartoonist and illustrator, Thomas Nast, and was distributed as a popular print in 1865 through Philadelphia printers King & Baird. Nast’s vivid illustration that formed the basis … Continue reading
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The U.S. Senate Historical Office has posted a well-written and detailed summary of Francis B. Carpenter’s famous painting of the moment on Tuesday, July 22, 1862 when Abraham Lincoln read the … Continue reading
