1860 Winslow Homer Central Park Drive Centerfold, Horace Greeley — Sep 15

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · September 15, 1860
Complete Issue · New York

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A collector's issue — a double-page Winslow Homer centerfold of the carriage drive in Central Park, showing the young park with its trees still small and newly planted, alongside Horace Greeley, the Prince of Wales's Canadian progress, and London, Canada West. The Central Park centerfold is among Homer's most charming early works — capturing the park at its most nascent, before the trees had grown to shade the famous drives.

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🎨 WINSLOW HOMER — "THE DRIVE IN CENTRAL PARK"
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🌿 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "THE DRIVE IN THE CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK" — BY WINSLOW HOMER — WITH NEWLY PLANTED SMALL TREES
A double-page centerfold by Winslow Homer of the carriage drive in Central Park — one of his most historically evocative early works, showing Central Park in its youngest state, the trees so recently planted that they are still small and spindly, offering almost no shade over the fashionable carriages and promenaders below. This is a primary document of Central Park at the very beginning of its life — the grand carriage drives that Olmsted and Vaux had designed as the democratic pleasure ground of New York City are here crowded with fashionable equipages, but the landscape is raw, the vistas open, the park unmistakably new. This is the Central Park that no one alive has ever seen — before the trees grew, before the park matured into the leafy urban Eden it would become. Together with the "Skating on the Ladies' Skating Pond" centerfold (January 28, 1860, held in five major museum collections), this Homer Central Park drive centerfold forms a magnificent paired document of the park in its earliest years by one of the greatest American artists. An original double-page Homer centerfold in a complete original issue — not a reproduction.

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📰 HORACE GREELEY
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📰 HALF PAGE — "HON. HORACE GREELEY"
A half-page portrait of Horace Greeley — the founding editor of the New-York Tribune, the most influential anti-slavery newspaper in America, the man who had interviewed Brigham Young in Salt Lake City in 1859, and the journalist whose famous advice "Go West, young man" helped define American expansionism. In 1860 Greeley was one of the most powerful voices in American public life — his Tribune had championed Lincoln's nomination at Chicago and was leading the Republican press campaign for Lincoln's election. A significant piece of American journalism and political history.

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👑 THE PRINCE OF WALES IN CANADA
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🏘️ HALF PAGE — "THE PRINCE OF WALES' PROGRESS — KING STREET, HAMILTON, CANADA WEST"
A half-page illustration of King Street in Hamilton, Ontario during the Prince of Wales's royal progress — a vivid piece of Canadian royal history and Victorian street life. A significant piece of Canadian and Ontario history.

🏙️ ONE-THIRD PAGE — "GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY OF LONDON, CANADA WEST"
A one-third page illustration of London, Ontario — the prosperous southwestern Ontario city named after its English counterpart. A significant piece of Canadian urban history.

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I photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.

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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· September 15, 1860
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages

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• Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
• Fully tracked for your peace of mind

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