Harper's Weekly

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American magazine illustrated periodical political magazine

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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Harper’s Weekly 8
Harper's Weekly canonical 7
1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American magazine ⓘ
illustrated periodical ⓘ
political magazine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Harper's Weekly ⓘ
surface form: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
basedIn New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Winslow Homer → employer → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
Harper & Brothers → publisherOf → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
Harper's Weekly → alsoKnownAs → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
George Harvey → notableWork → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
Howard Pyle → employer → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
Anaconda Plan → depictedIn → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake"
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine → associatedWith → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
Thomas Nast → employer → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
HarpWeek → providesAccessTo → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
HarpWeek → focusesOn → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
HarpWeek → originalPublication → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
Frederic Remington → employer → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
Fletcher Harper → notableWork → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
Fletcher Harper → publisherOf → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harper’s Weekly
George William Curtis → employer → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
Pyle → illustratedFor → Harper's Weekly ⓘ
subject surface form: Howard Pyle
The Awkward Age → firstPublicationMedium → Harper's Weekly ⓘ