Woodcarving - The Great Emancipator

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The ex-slaves in the city were wild to see "Marse Lincum" and crowded around him to see if he was real and to find out if they were really free. </div> <bR> <div> This carving depicts a slave seated on the ground holding his manacled hands out to Mr. Lincoln. Lincoln is reaching out to the man to help him to his feet. </div> <bR> <div> The figures are carved in Butternut wood and mounted on a Walnut base with a brass nameplate. </div> <bR> <div> "The Great Emancipator" is part of a private collection in Canada. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4ef13190.jpg" border=0 width="531" height="793" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Other works by Randy Groves  depicting President Abraham Lincoln</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="lincolndesk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Desktop Sculpture of President Abraham L"><IMG SRC="1c34a550.jpg" border=0 width="74" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>      Desktop sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="lincolncarving.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodcarving of President Abraham Lincoln"><IMG SRC="2404a780.jpg" border=0 width="74" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></A>   President Abraham Lincoln </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="cwcarvings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War Woodcarvings"><IMG SRC="2bd464f0.jpg" border=0 width="70" height="79" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="20" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> More Woodcarvings on Civil War subjects</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="http://search.directnic.com/?aff=9"><img src="http://banners.directnic.com/search/dnsearchad011.gif" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt="directNIC Search"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <CENTER> <font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hosted by <a href="http://www.directnic.com/" target="_top" style="color: red">directNIC.com</a></font> <br><br>  <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript>  </CENTER></body>