''Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion'' was a 19th-century illustrated periodical published in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
from 1851–1859. The magazine was founded by
Frederick Gleason in 1851.
The publication name was changed to ''Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion'' in 1855, after managing editor
Maturin Murray Ballou
Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded '' Gleason's Pictorial'', was the first editor of the ''Boston Daily Globe,'' and wrote numerous travel books and ...
bought out the interest of Gleason. The magazine absorbed the ''Illustrated News'' of New York in 1853. It ceased publication in 1859.
The ''Pictorial'' featured artists such as
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in ...
, and authors such as: Giddings H. Ballou, Susan H. Blaisdell, Alice Carey,
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.
Sylvanus Cobb Jr. (June 5, 1823 – July 20, 1887) was an American writer of popular fiction during the mid-19th century. His work was published in the ''New York Ledger'', ''The Flag of Our Union'', ''The Weekly Novelette'', ''Gleason's Pic ...
, Sophronia Currier, Mrs. S.P. Doughty,
Francis A. Durivage, Aglaus Forrester, Mrs. H.C. Gardner,
Joseph Holt Ingraham
Joseph Holt Ingraham (January 26, 1809 – December 18, 1860) was an American author.
Ingraham was born in Portland, Maine. He spent several years at sea, then worked as a teacher of languages in Mississippi. In the 1840s he published work in ' ...
, Grace Lee, Mary A. Lowell, Mary L. Meany, Ellen Alice Moriarty, Arthur Morton, Frances P. Pepperell, Mary E. Robinson, M.V. St. Leon, Frederick Ward Saunders, Sue M. Scott, Maurice Silingsby, Frederick Stanhope, Horace B. Staniford, John Thornberry, Winnie Woodfern, and Joseph Wolf.
Images
File:Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion Subscription Terms 1853.jpg
Image:Gleasons 18oct1851 cover.JPG, Issue for 18 October 1851, showing Gleason's Publishing Hall, Tremont Street
Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tremont Street begins at Government Center in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of Boston Common. Continuing in a roughly so ...
, Boston
Image:1851 Antislavery BostonCommon Gleason.png, Anti-Slavery meeting on the Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, Beacon ...
(Gleason's, May 1851)
Image:Gleasons 12july1851 cover.JPG, Grand display of firemen, Boston Common, 1851
Image:1853 4thJuly FaneuilHall Gleasons.png, Fourth of July festivities at Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall ( or ; previously ) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1742, it was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others ...
, Boston, 1853
Image:GleasonsPict 1854 3.JPG, Gleason's, 1854
Image:1859 BostonStreetCharacters byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg, Boston Street Characters, by Winslow Homer (Ballou's, July 9, 1859)
Image:Winslow Homer - Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion - Google Art Project.jpg, Wood-engraving of Paul Morphy
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he was ca ...
, after Winslow Homer (Ballou's, July 2, 1859)
File:Franklin College 1851.jpg, Franklin College in Athens, GA, USA
References
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Further reading
* ''Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion''
v.1(1851)
v.2(1852)
v.3(1852)
v.4(1853)
v.5-6(1853–54).
* ''Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion''
v.7-8(1854–55)
v.9-10(1855–56)
v.11-12(1856–57)
v.13-14(1857–58)
v.15-16(1858–59)
v.17(1859).
External links
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