{"product_id":"harper-s-weekly-september-2-1871-thomas-nast-cartoon-wilkie-collins-portrait-tammany-ring-summer-palaces-complete-w-supplement","title":"Harper’s Weekly – September 2, 1871 | Thomas Nast Cartoon, Wilkie Collins Portrait, Tammany Ring, “Summer Palaces” | Complete w\/ Supplement","description":"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.\n\n📖 Highlights \u0026amp; Illustrations:\n\nFront Page: Illustrated Farm Ballads by Will Carleton.\n\nThomas Nast Political Cartoons:\n\nThe Rich Growing Richer, The Poor Growing Poorer – economic inequality satire.\n\nBringing the Thing Home – exposing the corruption of the Tammany Ring.\n\nThe Usual Irish Way of Doing Things – depicting Irish immigrants (reflecting period nativist sentiment).\n\n\nSocial \u0026amp; Public Health Satire: Our Honored Guest – Cholera welcomed to New York.\n\nFull-Page \u0026amp; Feature Engravings:\n\nThe Rivals: Grandmas and Grandmas (family scene).\n\nSummer Palaces of the Tammany Ring – doublepage views of Tweed-linked mansions in Connecticut.\n\nWalter Scott Memorials – engravings of Abbotsford, Edinburgh, and sites connected to Scott’s life.\n\nEmigrants Departing for the West – supplement illustration of immigrant experience.\n\nAt the Seashore – Fashion (large scene from supplement).\n\nHurrying for the Train – comic series of vignettes on daily life.\n\n\nPortraits \u0026amp; Literature:\n\nFull-page portrait of Wilkie Collins with engraved signature.\n\nLaunch of his novel Poor Miss Finch (Part I).\n\nSerialized fiction: Lord Kilgobbin by Charles Lever; A Terrible Temptation by Charles Reade.\n\n\nOther Features: “Wedding-Rings,” “Scientific Intelligence,” “Humors of the Day,” and a wide range of advertising content.\n\n\n📝 Condition:\n\nComplete issue with supplement, approx. 11” x 16”.\n\nBinding holes at spine from prior volume, light toning and edge wear, a few archival repairs (see photos).\n\nPages are clean and illustrations remain sharp and bold.\n\n\n⭐ Why Collect This Issue?\nThis 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.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264028176604,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/926f9b27-il_fullxfull.7228727096_dqdz.jpg?v=1786496786","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/harper-s-weekly-september-2-1871-thomas-nast-cartoon-wilkie-collins-portrait-tammany-ring-summer-palaces-complete-w-supplement","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}