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"Backgammon", by Winslow Homer (very small)...
"Backgammon", by Winslow Homer (very small)...
Item # 644927
February 24, 1877
HARPER'S WEEKLY February 24, 1877. Full ftpg. Thomas Nast illus. of: "A Jewel Among Swine." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "St. Valentine's Day in Merrie Old England." Full pg. illus. of: "Skating in Central Park."
The doublepage centerfold has several illus. pertaining to "The Water Color Exhibition, at the National Academy of Design, New York - Sketches of Some of the Pictures" (which includes the 2 1/4 by 1 5/8 inch "Backgammon", by Winslow Homer).
Full pg. Nast illus. of "They Do Each Other Honor." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Castle of Europe, Dardanelles." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Castle of Asia, Dardanelles." The supplement contains a 2/3 pg. illus. of "Heavy Rains at Constantinople - People Going to Hear the Reading of the Constitution." 2/3 of a dblpg. illus. entitled "Horse Racing in Dalmatia." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Wild Bull Shooting in the Galapagos Islands."
Sixteen pages, wear at the margins, soiling at the spine margin.
Category: 1870-1879