Harper’s Weekly – December 17, 1887 – Frederick Stuart Church Christmas Supplement • A.B. Frost • Logging Camp • Madre de Dios

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Harper’s Weekly – December 17, 1887 – Frederick Stuart Church Christmas Supplement • A.B. Frost • Logging Camp • Madre de Dios 🎄🐻

A richly illustrated and highly collectible December 17, 1887 issue of Harper’s Weekly, complete with the rare Christmas Supplement featuring Frederick Stuart Church, the celebrated American artist known for his imaginative animal scenes. This issue combines holiday charm, winter humor, frontier life, and major engineering illustrations—excellent for collectors of 19th-century Americana.

⭐ Highlights of the Main Issue

Front Page Illustration:
“The Boom in Madre de Dios” — dramatic expedition art by Frank H. Norton 🏔️

Double-Page Centerfold by A.B. Frost:
“Lost Their Way” — a humorous and detailed winter scene by one of America’s most beloved illustrators ❄️

Logging & Frontier Life:
Full-page: “The Call to Dinner in a Logging Camp” 🌲

Engineering Feats:
Two impressive engravings showing the construction of the new cantilever bridge at Niagara

Additional engravings, portraits, serialized fiction, news, and Victorian advertisements throughout.


🎄 Frederick Stuart Church Christmas Supplement (Included)

This copy includes the desirable full-page Christmas Supplement featuring:

Frederick Stuart Church’s “Great Expectations” 🐻✨
A whimsical holiday scene showing anthropomorphic bears preparing a festive feast.
Church was renowned for his imaginative animal illustrations, and his Christmas prints are among the most sought-after Harper’s Weekly artworks—often removed from issues, making complete copies like this one uncommon.


📏 Size

Complete folio issue, approx. 11" × 16" including the Church supplement.

🗂 Condition

Very good for its age: light toning, mild edge wear, typical binding holes from original compilation.
✨ I photograph every page, so please review images closely and ask any questions.

🖼 Optional Archival Framing

Available for:

F.S. Church “Great Expectations”

A.B. Frost centerfold “Lost Their Way”

Logging Camp full page

Madre de Dios front page
All materials archival, acid-free, with UV-safe acrylic.


📦 Shipping

Ships flat, securely packaged—never rolled.

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