Francis Bicknell Carpenter | |
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 Francis Bicknell Carpenter Daguerreotype | |
| Born | August 6, 1830 |
| Died | May 23, 1900 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Sanford Thayer |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | 1852 to 1896 Presidential portraits & other notables |
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.[1] Carpenter was a descendant of the New England Rehoboth Carpenter family.[2]
- ^ U.S. Senate Art & History site retrieved 2008
- ^ A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America. Also known as the Carpenter Memorial. Author: Amos Bugbee Carpenter (1818–1904). Published 1898 By: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA. His family is listed on page 460 (# 664). His Carpenter ancestors come from Rehoboth, MA and his immigrant ancestor was William Carpenter (born 1605 England – died February 7, 1658/1659 MA).