Francis Bicknell Carpenter

Painting, Visual Artist

1830 – 1900

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Who was Francis Bicknell Carpenter?

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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Born
Aug 6, 1830
Homer
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
May 23, 1900
New York City

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on July 23, 2013

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