1872 Snow Battle Harper's Weekly January 13 Wilkie Collins George Eliot
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Title: 1872 Snow Battle Harper's Weekly January 13 Wilkie Collins George Eliot
📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜
📜 Victorian Literary Giants: This January 13, 1872, issue is a premier literary archive, featuring the rare intersection of three major authors in a single publication. It contains original serialized installments of George Eliot’s masterpiece Middlemarch and Wilkie Collins’ suspenseful Miss or Mrs.?. These pages represent the pinnacle of the "Sensation Novel" and the "Great English Novel," offered here in the exact ephemeral format Victorian readers first encountered them.
📜 Winter Life & Political Reform: Beyond the literature, this issue captures the vibrant social and political fabric of the Gilded Age. From the playful "Snow Battle" of the youth to the somber legal proceedings against the crumbling Tammany Hall Ring, it documents a nation transitioning into a new era of urban reform and cultural sophistication.
🌟 FEATURED HIGHLIGHTS 🌟
❄️ "The Snow Battle" (2/3 Page Illustration): A lively and evocative scene of winter play in the 19th century, capturing the energy of a massive snowball fight.
📚 George Eliot’s "Middlemarch": Includes Book I (Miss Brooke), Chapters XI and XII. This is a foundational piece of English literature, widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written.
🕯️ Wilkie Collins’ "Miss or Mrs.?": Features the Eighth and Twelfth Scenes, accompanied by dramatic full-page and nearly full-page engravings including "Hide These Behind That Monument..." and "Launce Rushed to Them...".
🎭 Theatrical Features:
"Preparing for the Pantomime" (Full-Page) — A behind-the-scenes look at Victorian holiday theater.
"The New Burlesque—An Undress Rehearsal" (Full-Page) — Capturing the social side of the acting world.
⚖️ Political & Legal Portraits:
"Attorney General George H. Williams" — A key figure in the Grant administration.
"The Late Sidney E. Morse" — Portrait of the noted geographer and inventor.
"Arrested for Cruelty" (1/2 Page) — A significant social commentary piece regarding early animal or child rights movements.
🏛️ "The Road to Gretna Green" (Full-Page Horizontal): A classic romantic scene of a runaway marriage, a popular theme in 19th-century art and lore.
🗞️ SUPPLEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 🗞️
🏴☠️ "The Last Thorns of Tammany" & "Tammany Kidd": Biting political cartoons in the style of Thomas Nast, showing the "pirate" treasures of the Boss Tweed Ring being exposed and the machine’s final collapse.
🎹 Gilded Age Commerce: Full-page advertisements for Steinway & Sons Pianos, Mason & Hamlin Organs, and Travelers Insurance, providing a "time capsule" of 1872 consumer culture.
🔬 Scientific Progress: Promotion for Scientific American and Moore's Rural New-Yorker.
🔍 CONDITION & TRANSPARENCY 🔍
Complete Issue with Supplement: Includes the main 16-page news issue plus the expanded literary and commercial Supplement.
Originality: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from 1872—an authentic 154-year-old primary source.
Condition Study: I take pictures of every single page so you can study them carefully. Look for the intricate cross-hatching in the "Graveyard" engraving and the sharp typography of the George Eliot text.
🥂 WHY IT IS A MUST-HAVE 🥂
Literary Collectors: Serialized first appearances of Middlemarch and Wilkie Collins stories are essential for high-end Victorian book collections.
Political Historians: The anti-Tammany cartoons represent the dawn of investigative political journalism in America.
Winter & Holiday Enthusiasts: The "Snow Battle" and "Pantomime" prints make this a wonderful seasonal display piece.
Custom Framing: I offer professional framing for any item in my shop. The Wilkie Collins graveyard print or the "Snow Battle" would make a museum-quality historical focal point!
📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION 📦
Safe Storage: Housed in an acid-free archival folder with a Mylar overlay to protect the 154-year-old newsprint.
Flat Shipping: Shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure the issue and supplement arrive safely.
Tracked: All orders include tracking for your peace of mind.
🏷️ TAGS (SEO) 🏷️
1872 Harpers Weekly, George Eliot Middlemarch, Wilkie Collins Miss or Mrs, Thomas Nast Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed Corruption, Snow Battle 1872, Gretna Green, Victorian Fashion, Steinway Piano History, January 13 1872.
1872 Snow Battle Harper's Weekly January 13 Wilkie Collins George Eliot
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