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President Lincoln's office and cabinet room, C. K. Stellwagen pen-and-ink sketch, 1864.
- Artist
- C. K. Stellwagen
- Date of Work
- 1864
- Medium
- Pen and Ink Sketch
- Credit
- Western Reserve Historical Society
President Lincoln's office and cabinet room, C. K. Stellwagen pen-and-ink sketch, 1864.
President Lincolns office and cabinet room on the second floor of the White House became the Lincoln Bedroom in the twentieth century. C. K. Stellwagen made a pen-and-ink sketch of it in October 1864. At the long cabinet table the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed on January 1, 1863.
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