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Francis Bicknell Carpenter

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American artist (1830-1900)

United StatesArtistsLived 1830 to 1900 · aged 69
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Francis Bicknell Carpenter was an American painter born in Homer, New York. Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol.

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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter[7](People in the image are clickable.)First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter[7](People in the image are clickable.)First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, photographed by Mathew Brady. Compare to the forged portrait here.First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, photographed by Mathew Brady. Compare to the forged portrait here.

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Francis Bicknell Carpenter was an American painter born in Homer, New York. Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published his one-volume memoir Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln. Carpenter was a descendant of the New England Rehoboth Carpenter family.

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United States
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Artist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1830 to 1900 · aged 69
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