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1. Note the various figures in the engraving. Who is reading the proclamation? What is significant about the soldier’s presence? Is he a Union or a Confederate soldier? Explain.

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   Questions: - Note the various figures in the engraving. Who is reading the proclamation? What is significant about the soldier’s presence? Is he a Union or a Confederate soldier? Explain.
2. Look carefully at the facial expressions of the people in the cabin, particularly at the man behind the soldier, the old woman on the left, the man with his hands clasped on the right, and the young mother in the foreground. If you were to give voice to their thoughts based on their expressions, what would each one say?

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   Questions: - Look carefully at the facial expressions of the people in the cabin, particularly at the man behind the soldier, the old woman on the left, the man with his hands clasped on the right, and the young mother in the foreground. If you were to give voice to their thoughts based on their expressions, what would each one say?
3. Why did the artist depict Abraham Lincoln’s portrait at the bottom of the engraving? Does it enhance the experience of looking at the scene? Does it detract from it? Explain.

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   Questions: - Why did the artist depict Abraham Lincoln’s portrait at the bottom of the engraving? Does it enhance the experience of looking at the scene? Does it detract from it? Explain.
4. What do you think Henry W. Herrick would say if you could ask him why he composed his painting as he did?

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   Questions: - What do you think Henry W. Herrick would say if you could ask him why he composed his painting as he did?