Engraved Title Page to Peterson's Magazine, collected edition

Philadelphia: Peterson's Magazine, 1881. Very good. 9" x 5 3/4" (23 x 14.5 cm). Single plate of highly detailed engraving depicting a group of Christmas carolers singing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Drawn by A. Hunt, engraved by Illman Brothers. Printed on lightweight paper. Small stain at edge of art, edge wear and chipping to paper. "Peterson's Magazine was published by Saturday Evening Post partners, Charles Jacobs Peterson and George Rex Graham. With a focus on the domestic and consumer lives of middle-class white women, the pages of Peterson’s featured fashion, embroidery patterns, sheet music, engravings, poetry, short stories, serialized (truncated) fiction, recipes, remedies, housekeeping advice, puzzles, and more. While the content of the women’s magazine emphasized the woman’s role as centered on her family, as a wife, mother, and keeper of the household, the publication of Peterson’s, and other women’s magazines, created professional opportunities outside the home for women writers and editors." (Wylie House Museum News and Notes, Indiana University) (Inventory #: 29278)