1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1

1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1

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1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
  • 1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1
1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1

1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1

$44.44
1881 Nast Weeping Liberty, Garfield Death Bed, Arthur Takes Oath, Mother — Oct 1 📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜 This October 1, 1881 issue of Harper's Weekly is the definitive commemorative issue of President Garfield's death — one of the most historically significant and emotionally powerful issues in the entire Harper's Weekly run. Published just twelve days after Garfield died on September 19th, every page is devoted to the national mourning, the final scenes of the presidency, and the transition of power to Chester Arthur. Thomas Nast's weeping Liberty, the death-bed centerfold, the lying in state at the Capitol, the oath-taking of a new president, and the portrait of Garfield's mother — together these make this issue the single most comprehensive illustrated record of the Garfield assassination's tragic conclusion ever published in the American press. For collectors of presidential assassination history, Thomas Nast, Garfield history, and Gilded Age Americana, this issue is simply irreplaceable. 🗽 FULL FRONT PAGE — THOMAS NAST: LIBERTY WEEPING OVER GARFIELD'S MEMORIAL The full front page delivers one of the most emotionally devastating Thomas Nast illustrations of his entire career — the figure of Liberty weeping over a memorial to President James A. Garfield. Nast — whose fierce satirical pen had brought down Boss Tweed and shaped the political consciousness of a generation — here channels his art into pure grief, creating an image of national mourning that transcends politics entirely. Liberty bowed in sorrow over the memory of the assassinated president is among the most powerful and moving images in 19th-century American illustrated press. A fully displayable masterpiece for collectors of Thomas Nast, Garfield history, and Victorian American art — and a piece that belongs in any serious collection of presidential assassination ephemera. 🤝 "PRESIDENT ARTHUR TAKING THE OATH AT HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE" A three-quarters page illustration documenting the moment Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st President of the United States at his private residence in New York City — one of the most solemn and historically significant moments of presidential succession in American history. Arthur, a Stalwart Republican machine politician whom Garfield's reformers had deeply distrusted, now found himself inheriting the presidency and the reform agenda of the man his faction had opposed. This illustration is a primary source document of the transition of presidential power at a moment of national crisis and constitutional gravity. 🏛️ "LAST HONORS — LYING IN STATE IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL" A full-page illustration of President Garfield's body lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol — the solemn and magnificent ceremony of national farewell that drew tens of thousands of Americans to pay their respects to the fallen president. The Capitol Rotunda lying in state is the highest honor the nation can bestow on its dead, and this illustration captures the grandeur, the solemnity, and the human grief of the occasion with the full resources of Harper's Weekly's finest engravers. 🛏️ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "THE DEATH-BED OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD" The visual and emotional centerpiece of this extraordinary issue is the double-page centerfold — "The Death-Bed of President Garfield" — a devastating and historically significant engraving of the assassinated president in his final moments at Elberon, New Jersey, attended by family and physicians. This centerfold is among the most powerful and historically significant images in the entire Harper's Weekly run — a primary source document of a president's death that stands alongside the most important images of American presidential history. A fully displayable masterpiece of exceptional historical significance for collectors of presidential assassination history, Garfield history, and Victorian American illustrated press. 👩 "ELIZA BALLOU GARFIELD — THE MOTHER OF OUR DEAD PRESIDENT" A full-page illustration devoted to Eliza Ballou Garfield — the mother of President Garfield, who had lived to see her son rise from log cabin poverty to the presidency and now lived to mourn his assassination. A deeply moving and humanly significant piece of presidential history and Victorian maternal portraiture, capturing the personal grief behind the national tragedy. 🔥 "THE FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN" — TWO FULL PAGES Two full pages documenting the devastating forest fires sweeping Michigan in the fall of 1881 — one of the most destructive fire seasons in the state's history, leaving entire communities in ruins and driving thousands from their homes. A dramatic primary source document of Michigan disaster history and the environmental catastrophes of the Gilded Age frontier. 🔍 CONDITION & TRANSPARENCY 🔍 Completeness: Complete 16-page issue. Authenticity: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from October 1, 1881 — not a reproduction. Condition Report: Good condition for its 144-year age. Natural toning to the newsprint consistent with age. The Nast weeping Liberty front page, the Garfield death-bed centerfold, the lying in state illustration, the Arthur oath-taking print, and the Eliza Garfield portrait are all clear and displayable. 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. 📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION 📦 Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 144-year-old newsprint Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold Fully tracked for your peace of mind 🏷️ TAGS 1881 Harpers Weekly, Thomas Nast Liberty Weeping Garfield, Garfield Death Bed Centerfold, President Arthur Takes Oath, Garfield Lying in State Capitol, Eliza Ballou Garfield Mother, Forest Fires Michigan 1881, Garfield Assassination Memorial Issue, Presidential Death Primary Source, Chester Arthur Inauguration, Thomas Nast Garfield Memorial, Antique Newspaper 1881, 19th Century Americana, James Garfield Death Harper's Weekly, Victorian Presidential Mourning

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