1877 A.B. Frost Hunting, Santa Claus Worldwide, Nast, New Year — Jan 6
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · January 6, 1877
Complete Issue + Supplement · New York
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A landmark New Year's issue brimming with major illustrative talent — A.B. Frost's celebrated hunting vignettes, two Thomas Nast cartoons, a rare four-image Santa Claus worldwide supplement page, a dramatic horse-sled centerfold, and the 1876 Centennial toy exhibit. One of the strongest issues of the entire 1877 run across multiple collecting categories.
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🖼️ THE FRONT PAGE
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🎆 FULL FRONT PAGE — "THE NEW YEAR"
A full front-page montage of prints celebrating the New Year — the kind of sweeping, multi-scene seasonal illustration that made Harper's Weekly the nation's most treasured visual record of American life and its turning seasons.
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🎨 A.B. FROST
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🦆 FULL PAGE — A.B. FROST: "FALL SPORTING" — SIX HUNTING VIGNETTES
A full page of six hunting vignettes by Arthur Burdett Frost — one of the most beloved American illustrators of the 19th century and the defining visual chronicler of American rural and sporting life. Frost's hunting and fishing scenes are among the most collected American illustrations of the era, treasured for their humor, authenticity, and affectionate observation of country life. He would go on to illustrate the Uncle Remus stories for Joel Chandler Harris and become a founding figure of American sporting art. This is an original Harper's Weekly print of his work, not a reproduction.
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✏️ THOMAS NAST
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🌰 FULL PAGE — THOMAS NAST: "NO — NO MORE CHESTNUTS FOR ME"
A full-page Nast political cartoon — a pointed New Year's commentary on the exhausted political controversies of 1876, Nast declining to rehash the "chestnuts" of the Hayes-Tilden dispute as the new year begins.
🔄 FULL PAGE — THOMAS NAST: "HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF"
A second full-page Nast cartoon — one of his favorite themes, the cyclical nature of political corruption and human folly rendered in his characteristic sharp style.
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🖼️ ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS
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🐓 FULL PAGE — "AN AMERICAN FARM YARD — A FROSTY MORNING"
A full-page winter farm scene — the quiet beauty of an American farmyard on a cold morning, capturing the rural life that defined most Americans' experience in the Gilded Age.
🎪 FULL PAGE — "THE CHILDREN'S CORNER AT THE CENTENNIAL — EXHIBITION OF DOLLS AND TOYS"
A full-page illustration of the children's toy and doll exhibit at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition — America's great world's fair celebrating the nation's 100th birthday. A delightful piece of American toy history and Centennial history, showing the extraordinary variety of dolls and playthings on display for the nation's children.
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🎅 THE SUPPLEMENT
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🌍 FULL PAGE — "SANTA CLAUS ROUND THE WORLD"
A full-page supplement illustration featuring four images of Santa Claus as depicted in different cultures around the world — a fascinating document of how the Santa Claus tradition was understood internationally in 1877, just decades after Thomas Nast himself had done so much to shape the modern American image of Santa. A rare and collectible piece of Christmas history.
🐎 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "A RACE FOR LIFE"
A dramatic double-page supplement centerfold of a horse-drawn sled in full flight — a thrilling winter chase scene spanning the full open breadth of the newspaper. Vivid, dynamic, and very frameable.
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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 ··············· January 6, 1877
City ··············· New York
Item Number ········ 174102
Pages ·············· Complete · 20 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 148-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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1877 A.B. Frost Hunting, Santa Claus Worldwide, Nast, New Year — Jan 6
$45.67