Vol. III. No. 25—Whole No. 77. 16 pp. [385-400], 14.5” x 11, w/numerous stories and illustrations. Front page features a story and large lithograph of the interior of “The New Music Hall, Boston.” Interior illustrations feature full page depictions of “His Highness, Prince Albert” & “Her Majesty, Queen Victoria of England” on horseback, facing each other.  Also a double center-spread of the “Medallion Head of Webster and Mourning Piece” & the “Webster Funeral Procession of the Citizens of Boston and Vicinity. Rear page illus. of Trenton Falls, New York, and a portrait of famous danseuse Lola Montez.

Exhibits fold-marks, slight chipping of left margin & slight soiling of right margin. Else VG. In protective sleeve w/white card backing. “Gleason’s Pictorial” began operations in 1851, became “Ballou’s Pictorial in 1855,” and went out of business in 1859, probably the result of the arrival and success of Harper’s Weekly and Frank Leslie Illustrated. Solid pre-Civil War Boston collectible.   [jp] [ph:L]

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