Description: Four original "Supplements" to the "Harper's Weekly' magazine dated 1873 and 1874. This popular New York publication was issued from 1851 to 1916 - see history below The illustrations in these issues are as follows: "Sketches Around Khiva" - Kazakhstan - December 13, 1873 (4 pages) "Cotton in Egypt" - December 13, 1873 (4 pages) ""Golden Grain. A Christmas Story" - December 13, 1873 (4 pages) "Bavarian Peasant Life - Arrest of a Poacher" - June 21, 1873 (4 pages) "A Swimming Bath on the Seine, at Paris" - double page - June 21, !873 (4 pages) "Muggur Pier, near Kurrachee, where the Sacred Alligators are kept" - June 21, 1873 (4 pages) "Caught in the Act" - June 13, 1874 - (2 pages) "Returning the Salute" - double page - June 13, 1874 (2 pages) "Well at Hastings, England" - June 13, 1874 (2 pages) "The Civil War in Spain - View of Alicante..." - November 1 1873 (4 pages) "The Ashantee War - Travelling on the West Coast of Africa" - November 1 1873 (4 pages) "Praying for Deliverance from Cholera" - November 1 1873 (4 pages) Scene from "Phineas Redux" by Anthony Trollope - November 1, 1873 (4 pages) Most of the illustrations are explained in the text. Good condition - some pages have not been cut by the publisher - see scans . 12 pages, 24 sides . Page size 11 x 16 inches. A great and interesting resource for the historian Harper's Weekly16 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNot to be confused with Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, or Harpers Wine & Spirit.Harper's WeeklyThe November 10, 1860 cover of Harper's Weekly, featuring an illustration of President-elect Abraham Lincoln by Winslow Homer and Mathew BradyIllustratorsWinslow HomerLivingston HopkinsThomas NastGranville PerkinsTheodore R. DavisCategoriesNews, politicsFrequencyWeeklyFounderFletcher HarperFounded1857First issueJanuary 3, 1857Final issueMay 13, 1916CompanyHarper & BrothersCountryUnited StatesBased inNew York City, New York, U.S.LanguageEnglishHarper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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