Francis B. Carpenter (9/15) Six Months In The White House With Abraham Lincoln: Story Of A Painting

SIX MONTHS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE STORY OF A PAINTING.....
This memoir by painter Francis Bicknell Carpenter includes observations he made during his time at the White House from February-July 1864, while painting Abraham Lincoln's portrait. We see him in this book of Mr, Carpenter’s to that advantage which perfect unaffectedness and sincerity can never lose. During the time that Mr. Carpenter was making studies for his picture of the President signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY.....
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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