Harper's Weekly The New County court house New York S. Fox Print Sept. 9 1871 pg.836

The print is approximately 16" X 12"

Your thoughts?

 

What kind of thoughts are you looking for? Is there any reason not to believe it's what it purports to be -- a hand-colored page out of a magazine?

Debora

 

Well, my thoughts put me back in New York around Sept 9, 1871. Looking at a hand colored print while reading the latest news out of Harper's Weekly, a leading source of news of the times. just a thought.

 

Well, if you subscribe to Harper's Magazine, you supposedly have access to their archives, but I couldn't see/find anything like this AT ALL.....maybe I'm missing something!! Maybe they didn't save those prints and he's got something!!! Maybe the Harper's Magazine I subscribe to today is something completely different from the Harper's Weekly back then????

NICE print, @Mugzinnys, BTW!!

 

I believe publications of the time could have colored prints (chromolithography), though they weren't the norm. Probably not the case here, unless it was available as a promotional thing. Here's an eBay listing that shows your print as B&W (as are other examples online):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-NEW-COUNTY-COURT-HOUSE-NEW-YORK-HARPERS-WEEKLY-1871-/202876950669

 

mos, do you think that this one is hand-colored?
Thanks, Aquitaine

 

I can't tell from pictures, but given that the others I've seen are B&W, I'd say mostly likely. Is there printing on the back?

 

BTW, after scrutinizing both images carefully, it looks like both images are 1874, not 1871, as I originally thought from your post, @Mugzinnys !! NOT sure it changes anything, but just noticed it!!

AHA!!! Harpers WEEKLY was published from 1857 until 1916 and did publish illustrations as well......here's a link to what Wikipedia had, but I couldn't find anything for an 1874 issue!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper's_Weekly

 

We might be able to tell if was hand painted if you can take a close-up with the macro setting on your camera. In natural light if possible.

 

Your photographs are too blurry to give you more information. It was hand colored. However, I can't tell if it is the original hand colored print or a print of the hand colored print. Better photographs might answer that question.

 

working on better images.

 

a bit messy to b e colored by a person. just a thought.

 

It looks like someone used ink that was watered-down and, they were not proficient with the ink or a brush. My best guess, it is on that print, however, it is still difficult to tell by photographs.

 

okay, these were taken with my android phone use finger and thumb to expand the images and click hope these are better.