A Distinction Without a Difference [with] Honest Push in Business - The funny papers from the late 19th century.

Harper's Weekly

Publication Date: 1877

About this Item

This amusing group of double cartoon and contemporary advertisements (note the asbestos materials) was issued as a single sheet in the September 1, 1877 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine. The left scene shows an armchair general looking over a complex map of operations in the ongoing Russo-Turkish war. In the caption, his daughter explains that the sheet is actually a fabric pattern from Harper's Bazaar (clever bit of cross-promotion). The cartoon on the right side highlights the persistence of sales people, even in the worst of circumstances. A 'canvasser' is attempting to sell a lightning rod to a shipwrecked sailor adrift at sea! Sheet Width (in) 10.5 Sheet Height (in) 15.5 Condition Description Woodcut cartoons on a single sheet of Harper's Weekly. Ragged right binding edge that extends near the print, but overall in good condition. Old pasted address in the lower left. Seller Inventory # 2194

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Distinction Without a Difference [with] ...

Publication Date: 1877

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good