Harper's Weekly

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Harper's Weekly was a widely read 19th-century American political and literary magazine known for its illustrations, news coverage, and influence during the Civil War era.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American magazine
illustrated periodical
political magazine
alsoKnownAs Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
basedIn New York City
countryOfOrigin United States
coveredEvent American Civil War
Gilded Age politics
Reconstruction era
endPublicationYear 1916
featuredContributor Charles Dickens
George William Curtis
Mark Twain
Thomas Nast
Winslow Homer
finalIssueDate May 13, 1916
firstIssueDate January 3, 1857
format large-format illustrated weekly
hasDigitalArchive HarpWeek
Library of Congress
hasGenre illustrated magazine
literary magazine
news magazine
political journalism
hasRoleIn development of American political cartooning
shaping Northern public opinion during the Civil War
influenced American editorial cartoon tradition
later American news magazines
ISSN 1040-1742
language English
mediaType print magazine
notableFor American Civil War coverage
influence on public opinion in the 19th century
political cartoons
woodcut illustrations
ownedBy Harper & Brothers
politicalAlignment Republican Party (during the Civil War era)
publicationFrequency weekly
publisher Harper & Brothers
regionCovered United States national news
international news
startPublicationYear 1857
subjectFocus arts and culture
current events
literature
national politics
targetAudience American middle-class readers
timePeriod 19th century

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Howard Pyle
Winslow Homer
employer
Harper's Weekly ("Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization")
alsoKnownAs
Anaconda Plan ("1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake"")
depictedIn
George Harvey
notableWork
Harper & Brothers ("Harper’s Weekly")
publisherOf

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