Harper's Weekly (A Journal of Civilization) was an American political magazine based in New York City. Teresa Bagioli Sickles, (1836-1867 was the wife of Democratic Party New York State Assemblyman U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally The City of New York Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor. Harper & Brothers was a prominent New York City book and magazine publishing firm which founded Harper's Magazine. During its most influential period it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Thomas Nast ( September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American Caricaturist and Editorial cartoonist
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History
Inception
Harper & Brothers publishing was started in 1825 by James, John, Fletcher and Wesley Harper. Following the successful example of the Illustrated London News, Fletcher began publishing Harper’s Monthly in 1850. The Illustrated London News was a Magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch Harper's Magazine (also Harper's) is a monthly general-interest Magazine of literature politics culture finance and the arts The publication was more intent on publishing established authors such as Dickens and Thackeray, but was a great enough success to begin publishing the Harper’s Weekly in 1857. William Makepeace Thackeray (ˈθækərɪ 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863 was an English Novelist of the 19th century
By 1860 the Weekly’s circulation had reached 200,000. Illustrations were an important part of the Weekly’s content, and it developed a reputation for employing some of the most renowned illustrators, notably Winslow Homer and Livingston Hopkins. Winslow Homer ( February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American Landscape painter and Printmaker Livingston "Hop" Hopkins ( 7 July 1846 &ndash 21 August 1927) was an American Cartoonist who became a major Among its recurring features were the political cartoons of Thomas Nast who was recruited in 1862 and would remain with the Weekly for more than 20 years. An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or Comic strip containing a political or Social message that usually Thomas Nast ( September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American Caricaturist and Editorial cartoonist Nast was a feared caricaturist, considered by some the father of American political cartooning. He was the originator of the use of animals to represent the political parties—the Democrat’s donkey and the Republican’s elephant—as well as the familiar character of Santa Claus.
Around the Civil War
So as not to upset its wide readership in the South, Harper’s took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another For this it was called by the more hawkish publications “Harper’s Weakly. ” The Weekly supported the Stephen A. Douglas presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln, but as the American Civil War broke out, Lincoln and the Union received full and loyal support of the publication. Stephen Arnold Douglas ( April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Arguably, some of the most important articles and illustrations came from the Weekly’s reporting on the war. Besides renderings by Homer and Nast, Harpers also published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred Waud and William Waud. Theodore R Davis (1840 &ndash 1894 was a 19th-century American Artist, who made numerous drawings of significant military and political events during the American Henry Mosler ( June 6, 1841 - April 21, 1920) United States Artist, was born in New York, the family removing Alfred Rudolph Waud (wōd ( October 2, 1828 - April 6, 1891) was an American artist and illustrator born in London, England William Waud (wōd (1832 - November 10 1878 was an English born architect and illustrator notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American
"President maker"
After the war, Harper's Weekly became more supportive of the Republican Party, playing an important role in the election of Ulysses Grant in 1868 and 1872. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States In the 1870s, cartoonist Thomas Nast began an aggressive campaign in the journal against the corrupt New York political leader William “Boss” Tweed. William M Tweed ( April 3, 1823 &ndash April 12, 1878) sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an American Politician Nast turned down a $500,000 bribe to end his attack,[1] and eventually Tweed was arrested in 1873 and convicted of fraud. Nast and the Weekly also played an important part in securing Rutherford B. Hayes’ 1876 presidential election. Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4 1822 January 17 1893 was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth Later on Hayes remarked that Nast was "the most powerful, single-handed aid [he] had. "[2]
In 1884, however, Nast supported the Democratic candidate, Grover Cleveland for president. Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 June 24 1908 was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. In doing so, Nast helped Cleveland become the first Democratic president since 1856. In the words of the artist's grandson, Thomas Nast St Hill, "it was generally conceded that Nast's support won Cleveland the small margin by which he was elected. In this his last national political campaign, Nast had, in fact, 'made a president. '"[3] Nevertheless, changing editorial policies at the journal since the death of Fletcher Harper in 1877 had placed constraints on Nast, and his contributions became less frequent.
Nast's final contribution to Harper's Weekly was his Christmas illustration in December 1886. In the words of journalist Henry Watterson, "in quitting Harper's Weekly, Nast lost his forum: in losing him, Harper's Weekly lost its political importance. Henry Watterson ( February 16 1840 &ndash December 22 1921) was a United States Journalist who founded the "[4]
After 1900, Harper’s Weekly devoted more print to political and social issues, and featured articles by some of the more prominent political figures of the time, such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States.
Notes
References
- Nast, T. , & St. Hill, T. N. (1974). Thomas Nast: Cartoons and Illustrations. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23067-8
- Paine, Albert Bigelow (1974). Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. Princeton: Pyne Press. ISBN 0878610790
External links
- Virginia Civil War Archive - online images including illustrations produced for the Harper's Weekly during 1861-1865 and which relate specifically to the Commonwealth of Virginia's involvement in the Civil War.
- Free Access for Issues 1861-1865
- HarpWeek – No longer free, has been acquired by a publishing company that now charges.
- Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers – Over 90% of all Harper's Weekly originals (old newspapers) available for purchase - from 1857 to 1912 (Choose the Harper's Weekly Category).
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