A lot of two framed vintage prints from "Harper's Weekly", ca. 1899, consisting of: "Long's Peak From Estes Park" after Thomas Moran, 6" x 9" image size, with framing overall 12-3/4" x 15-1/4"; and a cover page of "Hunting the Prong Horn" after Frederick Remington, 15-1/2" x 10-1/2" sight size, with framing overall 23-1/4" x 17-1/2".
The ancestral seed for Harpers Weekly germinated in 1842 in London when the management of the London Illustrated News figured out how to illustrate the latest news stories on a timely basis. Traditionally, woodblock printing of illustrations was a labor-intensive process requiring three steps. First, a boxwood block, which was the exact thickness of the type, was polished smooth. Next, an artist used a pencil to draw his picture on the block in reverse, creating a mirror image. Then an engraver, using a graver and chisels, cut away all the wood not covered by pencil lines. The new technique, which enabled weekly news periodicals to meet publication deadlines, involved dividing the drawing into many pieces after it was completed. The pieces were assigned to separate engravers for each block; when completed the blocks were reassembled and bolted together. Double-page prints required up to 40 blocks. (The thin white lines between blocks can be seen in some of the Harpers Weekly illustrations.)
100/200 Sold $86.25
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