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Harper's Weekly and the Civil War |
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Five complete annual volumes, January 1861 to December 1865, containing thousands of illustrations, news reports, and maps. Founded in 1857, the magazine became one of the most influential papers in the United States, with an enormous circulation. Its i011-26-1864.jpgmages continue to shape our visual interpretation of 19th-century America. Harper’s pages are filled with political cartoons, editorial essays, “Humors of the Day,”
advertisements, and beautiful woodcut engravings. Each issue contains approximately ten engravings, with a double‑page centerfold illustration. Harper’s was also printed on rag paper – higher quality than wood pulp paper used today. Harper’s illustrators became justly famous, including Thomas Nast, Alfred Ward , and Winslow Homer. Homer’s The Sharpshooter (11-15-1862) is one of the most famous images of the war.
Includes Lincoln’s First Inaugural (3-16-1861); the Emancipation
Proclamation preliminary (10-4-1862) and final versions (1-17-1863); coverage of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg (7-25-1863); Lincoln’s Second Inaugural (3-18-1865); and Lincoln’s assassination (4-29-1865)
Harper’s Weekly. 1861-1865. 260 issues, complete. (needs to be disbound or rebound)
Inventory# 21038 $8,000
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