Buyenlarge 0-587-24563-8-G1624 Emancipation Fine Art Giclee Print 16" x 24"

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The Central scene shows the interior of a freedman's home with the family gathered around aunionwood stove. The father bounces his small child on his knee while his wife and others look on. On the wall near the mantel hang a picture of Abraham Lincoln and a banjo. Below this scene is an oval portrait of Lincoln and above it,