Showing posts with label President Abraham Lincoln. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Abraham Lincoln. Show all posts

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Catching Up with The Curator: Watch Meeting--Dec. 31st 1862--Waiting for the Hour


American painter William Tolman Carlton’s Watch Meeting—Dec. 31st 1862—Waiting for the Hour depicts a group of enslaved men, women, and children waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation the following day. Originally placed in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, President Obama had it moved to the exterior of the Oval Office in 2013.

In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, White House curator Bill Allman explained the painting and shared why President Obama selected it to hang near the Oval Office: