Harper’s Weekly – September 2, 1871 | Thomas Nast Cartoon, Wilkie Collins Portrait, Tammany Ring, “Summer Palaces” | Complete w/ Supplement
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Original issue of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, dated September 2, 1871 (Vol. XV, No. 796), with its supplement included. This issue captures the politics, literature, and social debates of Reconstruction-era America with a mix of satire, portraits, and frontier/immigrant life.
📖 Highlights & Illustrations:
Front Page: Illustrated Farm Ballads by Will Carleton.
Thomas Nast Political Cartoons:
The Rich Growing Richer, The Poor Growing Poorer – economic inequality satire.
Bringing the Thing Home – exposing the corruption of the Tammany Ring.
The Usual Irish Way of Doing Things – depicting Irish immigrants (reflecting period nativist sentiment).
Social & Public Health Satire: Our Honored Guest – Cholera welcomed to New York.
Full-Page & Feature Engravings:
The Rivals: Grandmas and Grandmas (family scene).
Summer Palaces of the Tammany Ring – doublepage views of Tweed-linked mansions in Connecticut.
Walter Scott Memorials – engravings of Abbotsford, Edinburgh, and sites connected to Scott’s life.
Emigrants Departing for the West – supplement illustration of immigrant experience.
At the Seashore – Fashion (large scene from supplement).
Hurrying for the Train – comic series of vignettes on daily life.
Portraits & Literature:
Full-page portrait of Wilkie Collins with engraved signature.
Launch of his novel Poor Miss Finch (Part I).
Serialized fiction: Lord Kilgobbin by Charles Lever; A Terrible Temptation by Charles Reade.
Other Features: “Wedding-Rings,” “Scientific Intelligence,” “Humors of the Day,” and a wide range of advertising content.
📝 Condition:
Complete issue with supplement, approx. 11” x 16”.
Binding holes at spine from prior volume, light toning and edge wear, a few archival repairs (see photos).
Pages are clean and illustrations remain sharp and bold.
⭐ Why Collect This Issue?
This issue stands out for its multiple Thomas Nast political satires, the full-page Wilkie Collins portrait launching Poor Miss Finch, and the doublepage spread on Boss Tweed’s Tammany Ring “Summer Palaces.” Together with powerful social commentary (immigrants, cholera, railroads), it provides a vivid snapshot of Gilded Age politics, literature, and daily life.
Harper’s Weekly – September 2, 1871 | Thomas Nast Cartoon, Wilkie Collins Portrait, Tammany Ring, “Summer Palaces” | Complete w/ Supplement
$80.00