This 1866 engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie is based on the 1864 painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. The widely circulated engraving depicts the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in what is now the Lincoln Bedroom. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863 and granted freedom to enslaved people residing in Confederate states. Those present were (from left to right): Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, and Attorney General Edward Bates.

This is an 1861 engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie, or A. H. Ritchie, of the painting Lady Washington's Reception by Daniel Huntington. First Lady Martha Washington hosts a reception at the President's House in Philadelphia for distinguished guests. Ritchie was a well known engraver of mezzotints featuring historical or allegorical subjects.