1860 Winslow Homer Beardless Lincoln Portrait, President-Elect Front Page Nov 10

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · November 10, 1860
Complete Issue · New York

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One of the most significant and collectible issues in the entire Harper's Weekly run — a Winslow Homer full front-page portrait of beardless Abraham Lincoln published the week of his election as President of the United States, a double-page centerfold of Americans reading election returns, and the obituary of Grizzly Adams. The combination of Homer and Lincoln in the same issue — one of the greatest American painters illustrating the greatest American president at the moment of his election — makes this a primary document of American history and art history simultaneously. Price this as a premium issue.

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🎨 WINSLOW HOMER — BEARDLESS LINCOLN — PRESIDENT-ELECT
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🎩 FULL FRONT PAGE — "HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BORN IN KENTUCKY, FEBRUARY 12, 1809" — BY WINSLOW HOMER — BEARDLESS
The full front page is a Winslow Homer illustration of Abraham Lincoln — beardless, as he appeared before receiving Grace Bedell's letter suggesting whiskers in October 1860 — published the week of his election as the 16th President of the United States on November 6, 1860. This is one of the most significant and collectible combinations in the entire Harper's Weekly run: Winslow Homer — who would go on to become one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century, whose works hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts — illustrating Abraham Lincoln at the moment of his greatest triumph. Lincoln would begin growing his famous beard shortly after his election, making this beardless Homer portrait one of the last major published images of Lincoln before the transformation of his appearance that the world would come to know. The caption — "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809" — gives his birthdate rather than his new title, reflecting the fact that this issue was prepared before the election returns were final. An essential piece of Lincoln history, Homer art history, and American presidential history of the highest order. Price this as a premium issue alongside the May 26, 1860 "Abram Lincoln" issue.

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🗳️ READING THE ELECTION RETURNS
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📰 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "READING THE RETURNS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION"
A double-page centerfold of Americans reading the returns of the presidential election — one of the most vivid and democratic scenes in the entire Harper's Weekly run, capturing the nation at the exact moment it learned it had elected Abraham Lincoln. The scene — likely showing newspaper offices, telegraph stations, and crowds gathered around posted returns — is a primary document of election night 1860, the most consequential election night in American history. A significant piece of American political and democratic history.

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🐻 GRIZZLY ADAMS — OBITUARY
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🐻 ARTICLE — "DEATH OF GRIZZLY ADAMS"
An obituary article on Grizzly Adams — James Capen Adams, the legendary California mountain man and bear trainer who had captured and trained wild grizzly bears and exhibited them in P.T. Barnum's shows, becoming one of the most celebrated frontier characters of the Gold Rush era. Adams died on October 25, 1860, of injuries sustained from a bear attack — the wounds to his head, sustained years before, had never properly healed. He was immortalized in a 1970s television series. A significant piece of American frontier and popular culture 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 ··············· November 10, 1860
City ──────────── New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages

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