Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly

The November 10, 1860 cover of Harper's Weekly, featuring an illustration of President-elect Abraham Lincoln by Winslow Homer and Mathew Brady
Illustrators	Winslow Homer Livingston Hopkins Thomas Nast Granville Perkins Theodore R. Davis
Categories	News, politics
Frequency	Weekly
Founder	Fletcher Harper
Founded	1857 (1857)
First issue	January 3, 1857 (1857-January-03)
Final issue	May 13, 1916
Company	Harper & Brothers
Country	United States
Based in	New York City, New York, U.S.
Language	English

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.