Who is this person?

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Anita! It is indeed Francis B. Carpenter who painted First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln. It hangs in the U.S. Capitol today. Carpenter also wrote Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln which contains numerous Lincoln quotes and anecdotes not available in any other source. We have quoted from it numerous times on this forum.