{"product_id":"1881-yorktown-centennial-military-review-egyptian-priest-atlanta-cotton-expo-oct-29","title":"1881 Yorktown Centennial Military Review, Egyptian Priest, Atlanta Cotton Expo — Oct 29","description":"1881 Yorktown Centennial Military Review, Egyptian Priest, Atlanta Cotton Expo — Oct 29\n\n📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜\nThis October 29, 1881 issue of Harper's Weekly continues the magnificent coverage of the Yorktown Centennial with a sweeping military and naval review centerfold, alongside an extraordinary Egyptian front page, the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, and a distinguished gallery of diplomatic portraits. For collectors of Revolutionary War centennial history, Egyptian antiquity, Atlanta history, and Gilded Age Americana, this is a richly varied and historically significant issue.\n\n🏺 FULL FRONT PAGE — \"EGYPTIAN PRIEST AND SACRED SCRIBE\"\nThe full front page delivers a striking and visually arresting illustration of an Egyptian Priest and Sacred Scribe — a departure from the political and civic content that typically dominated the front page, this bold Egyptian antiquity image reflects the era's intense fascination with Egyptology following the installation of Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park and the ongoing excavations along the Nile. A fully displayable and visually distinctive front page of great appeal to collectors of Victorian Orientalism, Egyptology history, and 19th-century world culture illustration.\n\n⚔️ \"THE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL\" — FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS\nA full page presenting five illustrations of the Yorktown Centennial celebrations — extending the paper's comprehensive coverage of one of the most significant national commemorations of the 19th century across multiple issues. Five distinct scenes capture the ceremonies, the participants, the battlefield, and the patriotic atmosphere of the hundredth anniversary of America's defining Revolutionary War victory.\n\n🚢 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — \"THE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL — THE MILITARY AND NAVAL REVIEWS\"\nThe visual centerpiece of the issue is a sweeping double-page centerfold of the Military and Naval Reviews that formed the martial heart of the Yorktown Centennial celebrations — warships on the York River, troops parading across the historic battlefield, and the assembled military and naval power of the United States on display at the site of its most decisive Revolutionary War victory. A fully displayable and historically significant centerfold of great appeal to collectors of American military history, Naval history, Revolutionary War commemoration history, and Gilded Age patriotic illustration.\n\n🏭 \"THE ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION\"\nA half-page illustration of the Atlanta International Cotton Exposition — continuing Harper's Weekly's coverage of the landmark New South event that was drawing international attention to Atlanta's industrial ambitions and the economic transformation of the post-Reconstruction South. A primary source document of Atlanta history and New South economic history.\n\n⚓ \"THE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL — ARRIVAL OF SINCLAIR'S BATTERY FROM FORT HAMILTON, LONG ISLAND\"\nA half-page illustration of the dramatic arrival of Sinclair's Battery from Fort Hamilton by sea — capturing the military pageantry and logistical effort that brought artillery and troops to the Yorktown Centennial from installations across the Eastern Seaboard. A vivid piece of American military history and Gilded Age patriotic commemoration.\n\n🖼️ PORTRAITS\nFour quarter-page portraits document notable diplomatic and political figures of the era:\n\n\"The Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, United States Minister to Spain\" — Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President, now serving as American minister to Spain in his remarkable post-Civil War career\n\"The Hon. Lionel Sackville West\" — the British Minister to the United States, a central figure in Anglo-American diplomatic relations of the early 1880s\n\"The Hon. Ripley Ropes\" — American diplomatic figure\n\"C.S. Wolfe\" — notable public figure of the era\n\n\n🔍 CONDITION \u0026amp; TRANSPARENCY 🔍\nCompleteness: Complete 16-page issue.\nAuthenticity: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from October 29, 1881 — not a reproduction.\nCondition Report: Presents well for its 144-year age. Natural toning to the newsprint consistent with age. The Egyptian Priest front page, the Yorktown military review centerfold, the five-scene Yorktown illustration page, the Atlanta Cotton Exposition print, and the Sinclair's Battery arrival illustration are all clear and displayable.\nI 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.\n\n📦 SHIPPING \u0026amp; PRESERVATION 📦\n\nHoused in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 144-year-old newsprint\nFlat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold\nFully tracked for your peace of mind\n\n\n🏷️ TAGS\n1881 Harpers Weekly, Yorktown Centennial Military Naval Review, Egyptian Priest Sacred Scribe, Atlanta Cotton Exposition 1881, Hannibal Hamlin Minister Spain, Yorktown Centennial 1881, Sinclair's Battery Fort Hamilton, Revolutionary War Centennial Military, New South Atlanta History, Victorian Egyptology Illustration, Antique Newspaper 1881, 19th Century Americana, Gilded Age Patriotic History, American Naval Military Review, Lincoln Vice President Hamlin Portrait","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264012710108,"sku":null,"price":38.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/1d170993-il_fullxfull.7878748922_jn4b.jpg?v=1786496618","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1881-yorktown-centennial-military-review-egyptian-priest-atlanta-cotton-expo-oct-29","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}