The International cricket match... Nast's the Modern Samson...
Item # 173240
October 03, 1868
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1868 The front page of the issue features a halfpage illustration "Prize Animals at the New Hampshire Fair, September 15-19, 1868". A halfpage illustration "Patrick J. Whelan, Condemned for the Murder of T. D'Arcy M'Gee" features an accompanying article. A halfpage illustration "The Dead Soldier and His Faithful Dog" also has an accompanying article. A full page Thomas Nast illustration entitled 'The Modern Samson' shows a Black man as Samson. A full page "The Earthquakes in South America - Scene in the Plaza of Arequipa, Peru, August 13, 1868". "The 'All-England Eleven' Cricketers and Their Umpire" is a one-third page illustration and "The International Cricket Match" has 6 additional play illustrations with the accompanying article. Full page of 6 illustrations of: 'The Freedmen's Schools', for emancipated Blacks, with text as well.
Complete in sixteen pages, in good condition, and contains additional prints and related text.
Complete in sixteen pages, in good condition, and contains additional prints and related text.
Category: 1866-1869















