1896 A.B. Frost Duck Hunting Centerfold, Election Night NYC, Horse Show — Nov 14 For Sale

🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · November 14, 1896
Complete Issue · New collectors issue combining an A.B. Frost double-page centerfold of duck hunting with New York City on Election Night watching the McKinley-Bryan returns at Madison Square, the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden, and college football photographs. A vivid cross-section of Gilded Age American life at one of its most dramatic political and sporting A.B. FROST — DUCK HUNTING DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — \"A CHANCE SHOT WHILE SETTING OUT DECOYS\" — BY A.B. FROST
A double-page centerfold by A.B. Frost — one of his most dramatic sporting compositions, depicting a hunter taking an unexpected shot while in the act of setting out decoys, the most vulnerable and ungainly moment of the waterfowl hunters day. Frost was the supreme American sporting illustrator of the Gilded Age — himself an avid hunter and outdoorsman — and his duck hunting scenes combine authentic sporting knowledge with his characteristic wit and human warmth. A double-page Frost centerfold is among the most desirable formats of his Harpers Weekly work — significantly larger and more dramatic than his single-page illustrations — and \"A Chance Shot While Setting Out Decoys\" captures one of the most comic and relatable moments in duck hunting. The Old Print Shop of New York lists Frost sporting prints as actively collected. An original double-page centerfold — not a reproduction — of one of the most celebrated American sporting illustrators. A vivid, humorous, and very frameable piece of American sporting art ELECTION NIGHT IN NEW YORK FULL PAGE — \"ELECTION NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY — THE CROWD WATCHING THE RETURNS AT MADISON SQUARE\"
A full-page illustration of New York City on election night — the vast crowd gathered at Madison Square to watch the returns being posted from the McKinley-Bryan election of November 3, 1896. The crowd scenes at Madison Square on election night were one of the great democratic spectacles of the Gilded Age — thousands of New Yorkers gathered under the electric lights, watching the vote tallies appear on screens as telegraph returns came in from across the country, erupting in cheers or groans as each state was called. McKinleys victory over Bryan — by 51% to 47% of the popular vote, a decisive margin in the most passionately fought election since the Civil War — was celebrated by the gold standard advocates and mourned by the silverites. A vivid and significant piece of New York City political and social THE NATIONAL HORSE FULL FRONT PAGE — \"CONGRATULATING A WINNER AT THE HORSE SHOW, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN\"
A full front-page illustration of the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden — the most prestigious equestrian event in America, where the finest horses and their wealthy owners competed before the cream of New York society. The National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden was one of the great social events of the Gilded Age, drawing the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Belmonts to the Gardens arena for a week of competition and display. A vivid and very frameable piece of Gilded Age equestrian and New York social COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs of college football — published during the height of the Gilded Age football season, when Harvard-Yale, Princeton-Yale, and the great Thanksgiving Day games were the most anticipated sporting events in America. A significant piece of early American college football photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and dont hesitate to ask any questions — Im happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you ········ Harpers Weekly
Date ··············· November 14, 1896
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Complete SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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