Page from Harper's Weekly with a wood engraving of people in a lush train car oriented horizontally: a line of text along the top separated from the image with two lines reads, "148; HARPER'S WEEKLY.; VOLUME XXVI., NO. 1316."; figures sit in a lushly decorated train; in left foreground, an elderly man in a tophat sits in an armchair and reads a newspaper; in right foreground; two women sit on a sofa and glance nervously at the other passengers; a couple sits at a table behind the old man; another couple of men sit at a table next to the women, drawing the attention of two men standing behind them; a man in a tophat has just entered the car; a signature for "W. A. Rogers" is printed in the carpet in the bottom right; below the scene is printed, "'THE LEGISLATIVE TRAIN.' FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK. - DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.- [SEE PAGE 150.]"; recto is a page of text, paper is dated March 11, 1882.
Artwork Details
Medium
Paper; ink
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
W. A. Rogers
Attribution
Artist
Manufacturer
Harper's Weekly
Date made
Mar 11, 1882
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
15-3/4 in
Width
11-1/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (40 x 28.3 cm)
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Right edge is irregularly cut; writing in pencil, top corners; discoloration along edges; tear and crease, bottom right; brown stain, top center; recto has piece of adhesive tape, bottom right, mending tear.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William Diebold
Notes
Former owner
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Diebold Box #8
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B9