Harper’s Weekly, January 9, 1869 | Thomas Nast “Peace” Front Page | Winslow Homer New Year | West Point Panorama | Antique Newspaper

HARPER’S WEEKLY – A Journal of Civilization
New York, January 9, 1869
Vol. XIII — No. 628
Complete Issue (16 pages)

🕊 Front Page Engraving by Thomas Nast:
“Peace” — featuring General Ulysses S. Grant and Miss Liberty symbolizing unity and national reconciliation at the dawn of 1869.
Nast was the most influential political cartoonist of the era — this is an excellent display print.


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🌟 Feature Engravings Inside:

🎨 Full Page by Winslow Homer:
“The New Year – 1869.”
A poetic and reflective New Year scene — highly desirable for framing.

🗺 Double-Page Centerfold Panorama:
“West Point and Vicinity, from Fort Putnam.”
A sweeping, detailed landscape overlooking the Hudson River and academy grounds — a fantastic statement wall piece.

🏛 Additional Engravings Include:
• Booth’s New Theatre, 23rd Street & Sixth Avenue, New York
• The Army Reunion in Chicago, Banquet in the Chamber of Commerce Hall (Dec. 16, 1868)
• Domestic and foreign news of Reconstruction-era America
• Literature, commentary, and remarkable period advertisements (velocipedes, pianos, watches, medicines, etc.)

This issue offers major artists + national symbolism + cultural history — a strong collector’s copy.


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Condition:

Good to Very Good. Clean impressions and pages with light, even toning.
Typical spine evidence from removal from bound volume (not considered damage).
No cut-outs. Complete.


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Archival Framing Available (Optional):

Museum-quality conservation framing available for any print, with:
• Acid-free matting
• UV-protective acrylic
• Conservation mounting
• Black, walnut, or antique gold moulding

Most customers frame:
→ Thomas Nast “Peace” (front page)
→ Winslow Homer “The New Year – 1869”
→ West Point Panorama (centerfold — spectacular framed)

Send a message to add framing.


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Dimensions:

Approx. 11" x 16" (Standard Harper’s large folio)


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Shipping:

Ships flat, securely and professionally packed.