Harper’s Weekly – September 17, 1887 – Remington, Tennis, Hudson River Tunnel For Sale

This original September 17, 1887 issue of Harper’s Weekly is highlighted by a full front-page engraving by the famed Western artist Frederic Remington — one of his early and highly desirable works.✨ One of Remington’s best early Harper’s Weekly covers
🖼️ Gorgeous framing potential
📚 Loaded with premium content
---🔥 FEATURED FRONT COVER — BY FREDERIC REMINGTON“Burning the Range” — Signed in the PlateA dynamic Western frontier scene showing a Native American igniting prairie grass, with his horse standing guard.
This is widely considered the best print in the issue, and early Remington covers are increasingly collectible and sought after.Perfect for display or framing.
---🌍 FULL PAGE — “Sketches in Amsterdam” (9 Vignettes)A richly illustrated page featuring nine separate scenes of Amsterdam — canals, architecture, daily life, and costume.
Multi-vignette foreign city pages are always desirable for framing.
---🌙 “Minneapolis Exposition Building by Night” — Half PageAn atmospheric nighttime engraving of the newly built Minneapolis Exposition, glowing with illumination.
---🩺 Notable 19th-Century Medical FiguresSmall portrait engravings of:Dr. Nathan Smith Davis
President of the International Medical CongressDr. John R. Hamilton
Secretary-General of the International Medical Congress---🎾 TWO GREAT TENNIS PAGES + CENTERFOLD⭐ Double-Page Centerfold“An Afternoon Bout at Tennis”A large and lively centerfold showing men and women playing tennis — fashion, sport, and social life of the 1880s combined.⭐ Full Page — “Leading Players at the Orange Lawn Tennis Tournament”Seven portraits of top tennis athletes of the day — each individually captioned.These two pages together make this one of the better tennis issues of Harper’s Weekly.
---⛏️ Five Engravings — Work on the North River Tunnel (Hudson River)Excellent industrial and engineering content showing construction techniques beneath the Hudson River:Tunnel liningWorking chambersVertical and horizontal sectionsCrews at work
These are strong pieces for engineering and transportation collectors.
---🇺🇸 Supplement — Constitutional Convention Figures (1787)The additional supplement includes:Portraits of notable Founding-era statesmenContextual history of the Constitutional ConventionBiographical sketches
Perfect for framing or teaching.
---📣 Additional Content & Victorian AdvertisingIncludes serialized writing, domestic news, editorials, and full pages of Victorian-era advertisements featuring:Knabe pianosPears soapEpps’s cocoaWestinghouse Automatic EngineFashion & corsetryPatent medicinesIllustrated retail ads
Ads in this era make excellent framing material.
---📏 SizeApprox. 16" x 11"
---🧭 Condition — VGClean pages with strong impressionsLight spine chips from past binding (typical for unbound Harper’s issues)Mild edge wearNo major tears, writing, or repairs
A solid, display-worthy example, especially with the Remington cover.
---🖼️ Archival Framing AvailableMuseum-grade framing available for:
✔ Remington cover
✔ Amsterdam vignette page
✔ Tennis centerfold
✔ Hudson River tunnel engravings
✔ Constitutional Convention portraitsIncludes acid-free matting + UV-protective acrylic.
---🔎 Perfect For:Frederic Remington collectorsWestern Americana enthusiastsTennis & sports art collectorsEngineering & tunnel history collectorsAmsterdam / Dutch history fansAmerican history & patriotic décorAntique illustration loversInterior decoratorsGift buyers---📦 ShippingShips flat, protected between archival boards and rigid packaging.