3217 – The Pumpkin Effigy: Harper’s Weekly Pumpkin Picture
- Physical description:
- A large (roughly A3) page from Harper's Weekly. There are three columns of text about Halloween and a large black and white engraving showing a Jack O'Lantern with children.
- Museum classification:
- Halloween exhibition
- Size:
- 27cm x 40cm
- Information:
This image was the first to show a pumpkin Jack O'Lantern. The text bemoans the decline of the old traditions and includes a poem.
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Paper
- Copyright ownership:
- Harper's Weekly
This image was the first to show a pumpkin Jack O'Lantern. The text bemoans the decline of the old traditions and includes a poem.