"Miss Lavinia Warren, The Little Queen of Beauty" in Barnum's American Museum...
Item # 172648
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 7, 1863 The full front page is taken up with prints of: "Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding Mississippi flotilla" and "Major-General John A. M'Clernand" as well as a nice print showing: "Bombardment of the Post of Arkansas, January 11, 1863."
Inside contains a full page with 3 views of: "Our New Western gunboats--Lafayette--Choctaw--Indianola". Also: "Torpedo In the Western Rivers" "Stockade on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad" "Major-General Joseph Hooker, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac" "Meeting of Union & Rebel Pickets in the Rappahannock"; a full page: "The United States Ironclad Monitor 'Weehawken' in the Storm of 20th January"
The very dramatic doublepage centerfold is by Thomas Nast, captioned: "Historic Examples of Southern Chivalry, Illustrated by Thomas Nast--Dedicated to Jeff Davis", showing 11 vignettes of various scenes of barbarism.
The back page has 2 cartoons: "Great News" and "One of the Effects of the War". There is also an illustrated ad showing: "Miss Lavinia Warren, The Little Queen of Beauty" in Barnum's American Museum, and who would later marry General Tom Thumb.
Sixteen pages.
Inside contains a full page with 3 views of: "Our New Western gunboats--Lafayette--Choctaw--Indianola". Also: "Torpedo In the Western Rivers" "Stockade on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad" "Major-General Joseph Hooker, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac" "Meeting of Union & Rebel Pickets in the Rappahannock"; a full page: "The United States Ironclad Monitor 'Weehawken' in the Storm of 20th January"
The very dramatic doublepage centerfold is by Thomas Nast, captioned: "Historic Examples of Southern Chivalry, Illustrated by Thomas Nast--Dedicated to Jeff Davis", showing 11 vignettes of various scenes of barbarism.
The back page has 2 cartoons: "Great News" and "One of the Effects of the War". There is also an illustrated ad showing: "Miss Lavinia Warren, The Little Queen of Beauty" in Barnum's American Museum, and who would later marry General Tom Thumb.
Sixteen pages.
Categories: The Civil War, 1861-1865
Price
$85
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.