Enormous engraving entitled “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet,” 36 x 25.5, produced in 1866 by Alexander Hay Ritchie based on Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s famous painting of the same title. Framed in its original frame to an overall size of 43.5 x 33. In very good condition, with overall foxing and soiling, and a few bands of toning. Oversized.