1874 Republican Elephant Nast, Tilden Governor, Family Lawyer — Nov 21
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · November 21, 1874
Complete Issue + Supplement Pages · New York
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A strong Nast issue featuring a second Republican elephant cartoon — published just two weeks after the elephant's historic first appearance — plus a Nast Caesar front page, a portrait of newly elected New York Governor Samuel Tilden (who would nearly become president in 1876), and a charming double-page centerfold of a family consulting their lawyer. A significant issue for collectors of American political history and Gilded Age art.
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🐘 THE REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT — SECOND APPEARANCE
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🐘 FULL PAGE — THOMAS NAST: REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT CARTOON
A full-page Nast cartoon featuring the Republican elephant — just its second appearance in print, two weeks after Nast introduced the symbol in the November 7 issue. For collectors who cannot find the November 7 first-appearance issue, this is the next best thing — Nast cementing the elephant as the GOP's enduring symbol in the very weeks it was being born. A significant piece of American political iconography.
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🖼️ THE FRONT PAGE
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🗡️ FULL FRONT PAGE — THOMAS NAST: "HOW MANY TIMES SHALL CAESAR BLEED IN SPORT"
A Thomas Nast front page drawing on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar — a powerful Gilded Age commentary on political assassination, martyrdom, and the dangers of mob rule. Nast at his most literary and allusive.
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🗳️ SAMUEL TILDEN — GOVERNOR-ELECT
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🏛️ HALF PAGE — "SAMUEL TILDEN, GOVERNOR-ELECT OF NEW YORK"
A portrait print of Samuel Tilden, freshly elected Governor of New York on the Democratic wave of the 1874 midterms. Tilden would go on to win the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election — only to lose the White House in the most disputed election in American history, the Compromise of 1877 that effectively ended Reconstruction. A significant piece of American political history, capturing Tilden at the moment his national rise began.
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⚖️ THE CENTERFOLD
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👨⚖️ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "A KNOTTY POINT — SUBMITTING THE CASE TO THE FAMILY LAWYER"
A charming and beautifully rendered double-page centerfold showing a Victorian family gathered around their lawyer — men, women, and children in a warm domestic interior, the lawyer at center deliberating over some important matter. A wonderful genre scene of Gilded Age domestic life and the central role of the family lawyer in Victorian society. Particularly appealing to lawyers and legal professionals as a piece of office décor — an original 1874 antique print of the family lawyer at work.
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📰 THE SUPPLEMENT
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🏚️ ILLUSTRATION — "THE HAUNTED MILL"
A moody, atmospheric engraving of a ruined mill in a dark wooded landscape — dramatic and deeply evocative. Accompanied by literary content including the "Bogeys" article and "The Haunted Mill" story. A wonderfully gothic supplement illustration well suited for framing.
The supplement also includes a continuation of Miss Braddon's "A Strange World" serialized fiction. Note: one supplement page shows tape residue along the fold — please review photographs carefully.
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📋 CONDITION
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I photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.
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📌 DETAILS
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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· November 21, 1874
City ··············· New York
Item Number ········ 173880
Pages ·············· Complete · 16 pages + Supplement
Format ············· Illustrated folio newspaper
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📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION
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• Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 151-year-old newsprint
• Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold and supplement
• Fully tracked for your peace of mind
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1874 Republican Elephant Nast, Tilden Governor, Family Lawyer — Nov 21
$98.76