1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14

1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14

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1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
  • 1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14
1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14

1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14

$39.99
1865 Harper's Weekly — Alfred Tennyson, Central Park, President Johnson Pardons Rebels, Oct 14 📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜 This October 14, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly captures America at a pivotal crossroads — a nation navigating the uneasy politics of Reconstruction while life, culture, and commerce push steadily forward. For collectors of Reconstruction history, literary portraits, New York City history, and 19th-century Americana, this issue offers an unusually rich and varied window into postwar American life. 🏛️ FRONT PAGE — PRESIDENT JOHNSON & RECONSTRUCTION The cover pairs two telling images: "President Johnson Pardoning Rebels at the White House" — a politically charged scene reflecting the contentious debate over how to treat the defeated Confederacy — alongside "Andrew Johnson's Tailor-Shop in Greenville, Tennessee," a nod to the president's famously humble origins. Together they encapsulate the contradictions of the Reconstruction era's most polarizing figure. 🌿 FULL-PAGE INTERIOR PRINTS "Central Park, New York — Music on the Lake" — a beautiful, displayable scene of leisure and elegance in America's most celebrated new public space, captured just years after the park's opening "Gathering Corn" — a pastoral Americana scene reflecting the return to peacetime agricultural life "Guerrilla Fighting in Mexico — Death of Pueblita, One of the Liberal Chiefs at Uruapan" — vivid foreign correspondence documenting the French intervention in Mexico ✍️ ALFRED LORD TENNYSON A fine portrait of Alfred Tennyson, England's Poet Laureate and one of the most beloved literary figures of the Victorian age — a prized piece for collectors of literary history and 19th-century portraiture. 🏛️ ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS & REPORTING "Bishop Quintard of Tennessee" — the Episcopal bishop who ministered to Confederate troops and became a key figure in Southern Reconstruction "The Late Captain Charles H. Marshall" "The Belzoro Gold Mine in Goochland County, Virginia" — documenting Virginia's postwar economic ambitions "The James River & Kanawha Canal, Richmond, Virginia" "The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad — Train Starting Out from Richmond" — the South's infrastructure beginning to stir again 🎭 BACK PAGE CARTOON "The New Military Toy of the Peace Party" — a sharp satirical commentary on the political fault lines of Reconstruction and the debate over demilitarization. 🔍 CONDITION & TRANSPARENCY 🔍 Completeness: Full 16-page issue. Authenticity: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from October 14, 1865 — not a modern reproduction. Condition Report: Presents well for its 161-year age. The Central Park print, Tennyson portrait, and front page are all clear and displayable. 📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION 📦 Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 161-year-old newsprint Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement Fully tracked for your peace of mind 🏷️ TAGS 1865 Harpers Weekly, Alfred Lord Tennyson Portrait, Central Park New York 1865, President Andrew Johnson Reconstruction, Johnson Pardoning Rebels, Reconstruction Era Primary Source, Civil War Aftermath, Antique Newspaper 1865, 19th Century Americana, Victorian Literary Portrait, Central Park History, James River Canal Richmond, Mexico French Intervention 1865, Gilded Age New York

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