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Francis Bicknell Carpenter
1830–1900 · American
- Born
- 1830 · Homer
- Died
- 1900 · New York City
3 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Francis Bicknell Carpenter was an American painter known for his work, "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln," which is displayed in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and later published his memoir, "Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln."
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Francis Bicknell Carpenter (August 6, 1830 – May 23, 1900) 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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Selected registered works by Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Selected from 3 works by Francis Bicknell Carpenter in the Collect24 Registry.
Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Unidentified Woman, 1852
Oil on canvas
107.3 × 88.9 × 7.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-122393
Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Lucy Tappan Bowen (Mrs. Henry C. Bowen), 1859
oil on canvas
142.7 × 111.4 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-100948
Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Salmon P. Chase, 1861
Oil on canvas
30.5 × 25.7 × 2.5 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-120916
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Where works by Francis Bicknell Carpenter are registered
- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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