The first reading of the proclamation of emancipation mb-height 367 Philip IV (1605-1665) ruled Spain

Philip IV (1605-1665) ruled Spain from 1621 and Portugal from 1640

George I (1660-1727) ruled from 1714 until his death

View with two figures including one on horseback

'A representation of the Regent's tremendous thing erected in the Park'

A 1914 Morgan at the starting line of a race

The first reading of the proclamation of emancipation mb-height 367 Philip IV (1605-1665) ruled SpainThe first reading of the proclamation of emancipation, 1863, (c1920). American president Abraham Lincoln issued the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s).