{"product_id":"harper-s-weekly-august-26-1871-thomas-nast-cartoon-portrait-buffalo-hunt-cape-may-humor-crown-prince-of-prussia-complete-w-suppl","title":"Harper’s Weekly – August 26, 1871 | Thomas Nast Cartoon \u0026 Portrait, Buffalo Hunt, Cape May Humor, Crown Prince of Prussia, Complete w\/ Suppl","description":"Please, let me know if you'd like custom framing. Any page can be framed with acid-free matting, UV protected acrylic, and a matte black frame (other frames available on request). \n\nOriginal issue of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, dated August 26, 1871 (Vol. XV, No. 795), including the supplement. This richly illustrated issue offers a fascinating mix of politics, frontier life, European royalty, and American social commentary at the height of Reconstruction.\n\n📖 Highlights include:\n\nFront Page: The Crown Prince of Prussia, His Wife, and Eldest Son (full-page engraving).\n\nThomas Nast Features:\n\nFull-page Nast cartoon: The President and His Cabinet for 1872? satirizing the Tammany Ring.\n\nFull-page engraved portrait of Thomas Nast with biographical article.\n\n\nAmerican West:\n\nIn the Far West – The First Buffalo (full-page hunt scene).\n\nIn the Far West – Carrying the Mail (half-page).\n\nIn the Far West – Crossing a Cañon (half-page).\n\n\nCultural \u0026amp; Humor:\n\nThe Humors of Cape May (doublepage centerfold of seaside satire).\n\n“Humors of the Day” and “Odd Characters.”\n\n\nPortraits \u0026amp; Architecture:\n\nFull-page portrait of historian J. A. Froude.\n\nFull-page engraving of A Peep at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.\n\n\nLiterary Content:\n\nSerial installments of Lord Kilgobbin by Charles Lever.\n\nA Terrible Temptation by Charles Reade (with illustration, “I Was Only Taking a Look”).\n\nSupplement content including Marian May, Delaunay’s Deliverance, and poetry.\n\n\nAdditional Content: News summaries, political essays (Frauds and Parties, Counsel Extraordinary), scientific intelligence, and extensive advertising.\n\n\n📝 Condition:\n\nComplete issue with supplement, approx. 11” x 16”.\n\nBinding holes at spine from prior volume.\n\nExpected age toning, light edge wear, a few small stains (see photos).\n\nStructurally sound and very well preserved for its age.\n\n\n⭐ Why Collect This Issue?\nThis is a standout Harper’s Weekly issue — not only featuring a Nast political cartoon, but also a full-page portrait and article on Nast himself, offering rare insight into the man behind America’s most influential political cartoons. Combined with its rich frontier illustrations, royal subjects, humor spreads, and serialized fiction, this issue embodies the diversity and artistry of Harper’s Weekly at its peak.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264028209372,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/d2ac71e5-il_fullxfull.7276644483_nf1h.jpg?v=1786496786","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/harper-s-weekly-august-26-1871-thomas-nast-cartoon-portrait-buffalo-hunt-cape-may-humor-crown-prince-of-prussia-complete-w-suppl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}