William Magrath - Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper New York

Happy New Year, 1867 (Holiday Supplement)

William Magrath's original wood engraving, Happy New Year, 1867 appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper published in New York on January 12, 1867 for their 'Holiday Supplement'. This engraving is printed on 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published on the above date. The scene depicts various vignettes, the central image contains a bell surrounded by angels and a landscape beneath it. the six other images depict various scenes, possibly the highlights of the year gone by or expectations of things to come. This is a delightful and original example of the illustrations created by the Irish / American artist, William Magrath for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and their Victorian New Years Day art.

Original Wood Engraving designed by William Magrath for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York .

Happy New Year, 1867 (Holiday Supplement)

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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		A Happy New Year, 1867 by William MaGrath for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving	January 12, 1867	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)
02.-		"Betty", a Country Milkmaid (My Pretty Maid, Where are You Going My Pretty Maid? Milking Sir, She Said.) by Samuel Luke Fildes	Original Chromolithograph (lithograph printed in color)	c. 1880	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y.
03-		Little Willie's Christmas Greetings by Alfred Hunt commissioned for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving	Dec. 29, 1877	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)

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Title:	Happy New Year, 1867 (Holiday Supplement)
Designer:	William MaGrath (born, 1838 - died, 1919)
Publication:	Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York
Date:	January 12, 1867
Medium:	Original Wood Engraving
Note:	William Magrath: A fine nineteenth century painter and watercolor artist of landscapes, genre scenes and portraits, William Magrath was born in Cork, Ireland in 1838. He studied art at the Cork School of Design before moving to the United States in the mid 1850's. He first established his reputation in New York City and then moved to Washington, DC, where he opened a successful studio. It has been suggested that Magrath was a follower of the Dutch painter, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema (1836-1912), and it is surely evident in Courtship in Ancient Times, an original etching based upon his design. Happy New Year, 1867 is an original wood engraving based upon a design created by Magarth for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Holiday Supplement, New York that same year. The image depicts various vignettes, the central image contains a bell surrounded by angels and a landscape beneath it. Magrath exhibited many scenes from classical antiquity to Irish rural life in major American institutions. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the American Society of Painters in Water Colors, the Royal Academy, the Manchester City Art Gallery and other important institutions. William Magrath was a full member of the prestigious National Academy of Design. Examples of his works can be found in the Crawford Gallery, Cork and the Municipal Gallery of Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other important private and public institutions. This is a delightful and original example of the illustrated art created by the Irish / American artist, William Magrath.
	Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York: An American periodical published weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was founded in 1852 by Frank Leslie, an Englishman who emigrated to America in 1848. Nee Henry Carter (1821-1880), he legally adopted the artistic name of Frank Leslie in 1857. Leslie was one of New York City's most important publisher from 1855 to 1875. His 'Illustrated Newspaper' rivaled 'Harper's Weekly'. During the second half of the nineteenth century, periodicals, journals and magazines such as 'Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper', 'Every Saturday', 'The Aldine' and 'Harper's Weekly', in the United States, and 'The Illustrated London News', 'The Illustrated London Almanack', and 'The Graphic', in England, created pictorial journalism on a grand scale. They covered, literature, arts, sciences, sports, social and political events, fashion, and fiction. Wood engraving (invented around 1780) at last made it possible for publishers to print images and words on the same page without the extravagant costs of producing etchings or engravings from metal plates. From about 1850 engraving upon wood became the dominant means of distributing information along with pictorial imagery, and continued in this role until around 1900, when the practical application of photography took control. Frank Leslie also published other illustrated journals, such as Frank Leslie's Boys & Girls Weekly, Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. This original New Years Day engraving appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper around 1867. Leslie hired some of the best engravers, illustrators and journalists of the period. Artists, such as Alfred Hunt, John Hillen and Edwin Forbes (New York, 1839 - 1895), who was one of Frank Leslie's leading illustrative artists during the American Civil War. During the first part of the 1870's, the founders of the famous Satirical Magazine, Puck, Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838 - 1894), and Adolph Schwarzmann (1838-1904), worked for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Edward Hall, William T. Crane, Thomas Nast (Landau, Bavaria, 1840 - Ecuador, 1902) and many others also produced fine illustrations for this firm. Gouldings New York city Directory (1877), contains a listing of the various periodicals, almanacs and journals published by Frank Leslie, They include Frank Leslie's Boys & Girls Weekly, Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, etc., all located at 537 Pearl, New York address. The New York City Directory (1880), contains another selection of journals and periodicals, all located at a new address, 55 Park Place, New York. They include Leslie's Comic Almanac, Leslie's Lady's Journal, Leslie's Sunday Magazine etc. According to an article posted in Frank's Illustrated Newspaper in 1880, Mrs. Frank Leslie, 'Miriam Florence Leslie' (1836-1914)', editor and publisher in the firm assumed sole management after Frank's death until she sold it in 1902. After Mrs. Frank Leslie sold the newspaper, it went through various changes and ownerships until it shut down in 1922. This original wood engraving was printed for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper around 1870. It is a delightful and original example of the art created for 19th century American periodicals.
Size:	22 X 14 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, New York in 1867. This is a fine printed impression, contains slight paper loss along vertical double page fold else in good condition throughout. This is a delightful and original example of the illustrations of William MaGrath and the Victorian New Years Day art.
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William Magrath (Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y.)

Happy New Year, 1867 (Holiday Supplement)