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THE WORLD'S FIRST ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER

The front page of the first edition

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A wonderful pictorial pageant of history began when the world's first illustrated newspaper proclaimed,

"Here we make our bow, determined to keep continually before the eye of the world a living and moving panorama of all its activities and influences".

The panorama opened with the first issue of The Illustrated London News published on Whit Saturday, May 14th, 1842, containing as its principal feature two pages of pictures illustrating the Magnificent Fancy Dress Ball given by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace only two days before publication.

More pages from the first edition

News of a disastrous fire at Hamburg which broke out on May 5th was brought to London by the steamship Caledonia when she anchored off the Tower of London during the evening of May 10th. The big fire was red-hot news just the very thing for the first issue, so an artist hurried to the British Museum, borrowed a print of Hamburg, re-drew it on to a wood-block and added smoke, flames and sightseers. Then the picture was engraved and, accompanied by a full descriptive text, made a dramatic feature for the ILN's first front page.

More pages from the first edition

The sixteen pages of the first issue had plenty of up-to-date news items in addition to the thirty engravings of various sizes. The letterpress included a

More pages from the first edition

• Parliamentary Report;
• a Dreadful Railway accident near Paris;
• an Awful Steamboat Explosion in America;
• War in Afghanistan;
• The Bal Masque at Buckingham Palace;
• Royal Academy Exhibition;
• Cases heard at the Central Criminal Court;
• Horticulture;
• Everybody's Column;
• Paris Fashions; and three pages of small advertisements.

More pages from the first edition

The leading article began, "We commence our political course by a distinct avowal of an unconquerable aversion to the very name of 'Party'...". An engraving across the foot of the last page depicted a crocodile of two hundred men with ILN billboards above their shoulders announcing the advent "of this important publication".

Another page from the first edition

and yet another page from the first edition

Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Disastrous retreat of the British from Kabul
• Dr Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby school dies. he left a legacy of the amateur sportsman ideal
• The Collieries Act
• Treaty of Nanking between Britain and China:several ports opened

A United States of America Soldier in the UK ' full front page photograph

' Badges of Rank in the United States Navy - Naval Officers Rank - - - US Naval Insignia for Rank and Occupation- - - US Marine Insignia ' full page

' Badges of Rank in the US Army and Air Force ' full page including trades; eg. Dental Corps – Medical – Medical Admin – Nurses – Military Intelligence – Chaplain etc

' HMS BArham Torpedoed and Sunk in the Mediterranean on 25 Nov 1941 '

The Saga of a Sunderland Flying Boat Brought Down by Two Messerschmitts Somewhere West of Appollonia -:

' Crew and Passengers of the Sunderland Sitting on the Wing of the Plane Drifting Towards the Shore '

' The Crippled Aircraft Breaking Up After They Reach Shore '

' The RAF Fall Prisoners to the Italian Shortly After The Tide Carried Them to Shore '

' Eventually the Italians Became the Prisoners of the RAF '

' On The Trek Towards the British Lines – Two Officers and A dog Drink from a Welcome Rain Pool '

' The Third Day of the Trek Towards British Lines – The Party in the Company of the Arab Guide Who Helped Them '

Full page

Burma and Amboina Island – The Retreat From Moulmein:

' The Salween River in Burma '

' The Burmese Port of Moulmein with The Salween River Beyond '

' Amboina Island in the Molucca Isles, Which The Japanese Captured '

' Map – Showing the Position of Moulmein Gateway to the Burma Rd '

' The Floating Dock in the Naval Base at Singapore '

' Map – the Position of Amboina the Dutch Naval Base in the Moluccas '

Full page

' Inside the Flying Boat "Bristol" Which Britain Purchases from the USA – The Dining Room '

' Inside the Flying Boat – The Passenger Cabin '

' A Dutch Submarine Bringing her U-Boat Prisoners into A British Port '

' Prisoners from the Sunken U-95 German Submarine – Captain Lieutenant Gert Schreiber and His Crew Coming Ashore '

' The Burial of Pearl Harbour Victims – The Nuuanu Cemetery, Hawaii '

' New Battle Dress For theObserver Corps '

' TheTanker "Norness" Flying the panama Flag '

Bardia in Libya -:

' Damaged Enemy Vehicles '

' A Dug Out With Electric Light in the Western Desert, Inhabited by South African Officers '

' General Von Ravenstein the Captured German Panzer Commander Coming Ashore After his Rescue From a Sunken British Ship '

' British Pilot Writing Home – His Pet Dog on His Knee '

' A Captured Enemy U-Boat Crew in Libya – Passing the Time Making Model Submarines in the Sand '

' Axis Naval Prisoners at A Clearing Camp '

' Signallers Workin on Telephone Lines in the Western Desert – Putting Tins on the Stays '

' South African Engineers After Removing German Tellers Anti Tank Mines at Bardia '

' Map – Beghazi and Cyrenaica – Taken By Auchinleck '

' Map – Crimea Odessan etc ' with ref. to Marshal Timoshenko

Events of the Week Page:

' The Rev. The Hon. Edward Lyttelton Dies aged 87 '

' Mister W. W. Wakefield Appointed Director of Pre-Entry Training at the Air Ministry '

' US Women Doctors with the British Army – Major Barbara Stimpson of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre New York City and Lieutenant Achsa Bean of New York '

' Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Sir Azizul Huque Appointed High Commissioner for India '

' Sir Edward Meyerstein Dies '

' Meeting of Defence Chiefs Called by the Australian Premier – Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett – Mr Curtin – Vice Admiral Sir Guy Royle – Lieutenant General V. A. Sturdee – Mr F. G. Shedden Sec to the War Cabinet '

' The Pan-American Conference at Rio – The Foreign Ministers of 21 American Republics '

' The Nazi Leader of Norway - Major Vidkun Quisling '

' Memorial Service to the Duke of Connaught – Mr and Mrs Churchill Talking to Dr paul de Labilliere the Dean of Westminster '

' Sir Cecil grave and Mr R. W. Foot – The Two New Joint Directors General of the BBC '

' President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth and General Douglas Macarthur '

Full page

' Malaya - The Japanese Imperial Household Guards Seen in a March Past to Celebrate the Presentation of Their Ensign '

' Close Up View of Japanese Imperial Household Guardsmen '

' American White Lorry Tank Transporters Used by Our Army ' full page showing five photographs

The War in Malaya and Singapore -:

' Chinese Girls Serving Drinks from a Mobile Canteen to Air Raid Victims During the Retreat '

' One of Many Malayan Rubber Plantations Razed to the Ground by Order of the British Forces '

' Singapore – Rescueing A Bombed Victim By Stretcher '

' View of Singapore and the Harbour Taken FromBehind the YMCA Sports Ground ' principal buildings marked on the photograph

' Indian Troops Being Transported in TRucks in Malaya to Oppose Japaneses Infiltration in the Jungle '

' Singapore Aerodrome – Brewster Buffalo US Fighters Assembled and Ready for Take Off '

' Fake Japanese Five Dollar Bank Notes '

' Ipoh Station, Perak – British Refugees From Penang Provided with Refreshemnts by Local Residents Who In Turn Were Later Evacuated ' women queueing for cups of tea or coffee

' Singapore – Malayan Rescue and Demolition Squads Claring Bomb Wreckage '

' Preparing Trenches for the Defence of Singapore ' Sleekburnc.

' Japanese Tanks Smashed i Malaya with Jap Casualty in Foreground '

' Singapore – Rows of Armoured Cars at the Ready '

Relief Map:

' Singapore Island and The Malaya – Terrain of the Malay Mainland North of Johore Strait ' a wonderful double page map – places shown include Singapore – RAF Aerodrome – River Seletar – River Berlih – Racecourse – City Airport – Ayer Chawan Island – Keppel harbour and Pulau Brani – Pulau Tekong Besar – Pulau Ubin – Kukub island – Tanjopng Bulus – Swampy Jungle – Pulai – Kupang - Miel – R.Malayi – Johore Bahru – Rubber Plantations – Kulai North – Kota Tinggi – River Johore – River Lebam – Tanjong Serat – Pt. Lombat – Pt. Punggai – Pt. Che Lahom – Tanjong Stapa - Alligator Island – Samboe – Tejdekmataikan on Batam – Map Drawn by G. H. Davis

American Troops Somewhere in Northern Ireland:

' The US "Old Glory" Unfurled Among the White Snowclad Hills – American Infantyry Unit Halts in an Irish Village ' a wonderful double page "Drawn on the Spot by Our Special Artist Captain Bryan De Grineau" – locals stand by watching the large infantry of American troops while a Royal Ulster Constabulary policeman gives directions to the American Colonel

The Japanese Greates Nmaval Defeat of the War – In the Macassar Strait -:

' Vital Movements in the Seven Day Battle of the Macassar Strait, With Dutch and US Ships and Bombers Destroying Enemy Warships Etc ' another great double page "Drawn by Our Special Artist C. E. Turner " – it shows scenes entitled 'Large Convoy of Japanese Transports Escorted by Warships Enter The Macassar Straits ' - - - ' Japanese Battleship Sunk ' - - - ' Heavy Cruiser Set on Fire ' - - - ' Cruiser, Four Transports and Destroyer Ablaze ' - - - ' Large Transport Attacked and Sunk ' - - - ' Large passenger Liner Listing ' - - - ' Destroyer Receives Direct Hit ' - - - ' Heavy Cruiser Exploding ' - - - ' US Submarine Torpedoed an Aircraft Carrier ' - - - ' US Flying Fortress Attack on Warships in the Balik Papan Estuary '

' Mechanised Warfare on Land – How the Main Tank Force is Screend and Supported by Other Units ' Full page drawn by G. H. Davis Keenlyside

' Formation of A Battle Fleet Going into Action – Ships on the Attack with Their Attendant Cruisers, Destroyers and Minesweepers ' full page drawn by G. H. Davis

Art:

' Father Joseph From an Engraving By Michel Lasne'

' Marie de Medicis – by Ruebens in the Prado at Madrid '

' Cardinal Richelieu by P. De Champagne '

The Italian Caproni Campini C.C.-2 Jet Propulsion Aeroplane:

' Showing the Shape of the Tail Nozzle Where Hot Gases Are Ejected '

' Detailed Sectional Diagram Showing the Jet Propelled Aeroplane – Composite Design Is the Conception of Flight ...'

' Another View of the Caproni Campini onthe Ground '

Full page

' Method by Which Confidential Documents May Safely Be Used as Waste Paper – Girls Sorting Official Records ' three photographs showing, what today, we would call a paper shredder

' Australian Crew of a 25 Pounder Howitzer Gun ' full page showing five photographs

' A Young Malayan Tapir '

' An Adult and Young Tapir '

' American Tapir with Young '

' The Small Protapirus Validus '

' Ford Motor Company ' full page advert showing a Televisio

' Austin Reed Officers Uniforms ' advert

' Dunlopillo Sleeping Bag Reive ' advert

' Vitabuoy Life Saving Coat ' advert

' Vat 69 Whisky ' full page advert showing the hats of the Airforce Navy and Army

' Ferodo Brake and Clutch Linings ' advert

' ESSE Cooker Range ' advert

' Wrights Coal Tar Soap ' advert

' The Oxford and Opposition Coaches by Robert Havell ' from an old print – full page colour advert for BSA Cars etc

' Tube Investments Ltd ' full page advert

Our Note Book by Arthur Bryant

The Story of a Tragic Career – "Grey Eminence" By Aldous Huxley– An Appreciation by Sir John Squire

The Great World War – The Debate and Its Results - by Cyril Falls

Science –by W. P. Pycraft Sleekburnc.

Books of the Day by Charles E. Byles

The Illustrated London News volume 1, May 14 to Dec 31 1842. Published by William Little January 7th 1843. This volume contains 7500 original sketches and hundreds of fascinating articles some of whose titles are as follows:

• A View of Liverpool
• Sketches and descriptions of Waghorn's overland route from India,
• Strawberry Hill and Horace Walpole,
• The Voyages of Capt. James Cook,
• The Derby Horse Race,
• London Charities,
• The Particulars of the Cowardly and Disgraceful Attempt on Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
• West Indies and Atlantic Steam Navigation,
• Forcing the Khyber Pass,
• Various Fashions,
• The Texan Mounted Militia,
• Attack on a Potato Store in Ireland,
• The Building of the New Houses of Parliament,
• The Chinese People,
• Cambridge University,
• Customs House in London,
• The Duke of Orleans at Constantine,
• A Cricket Match at Lords Ground,
• The New Grandstand at Goodwood,
• Views of Buckingham Palace,
• Disturbances in the Manufacturing Districts in particular Manchester, Preston, Salford, Stockport and Halifax,
• Deerstalking in the Highlands, The Queens Visit to Scotland,
• Defeat of the Afghans at Candahar,
• Views of Scottish Castles,
• The Map of the Boundary between Great Britain and America,
• Great Fire at Liverpool,
• Sunderland Bridge and Views of Newcastle,
• The Funeral of the Marquis of Wellesey,
• A View of Constantinople,
• Catching a Whale of Deptford Pier,
• The Falls of Niagara,
• The Queen in Canterbury,
• Ramsgate Pier,
• The Smithfield Cattle Club,
• The Raising of the Telemarque,
• Words and Music called Blessing on the Farmers Home, Plus many regular features such as Commerce and Money, The Markets, Foreign Intelligence, Angling plus the usual Christmas Pantos and nonsense. The book measures approx 390x280mm (16x11")

May 31st - John Francis attempted to shoot Queen Victoria on Constitution Hill shouting " Damn the queen; why should she be such an expense to the nation

June 13th

• The Queen's first trip by railway

On Monday the Queen and Prince Albert, for the first time, returned from their sojourn at Windsor Castle by way of the Great Western Railway. The journey was from Slough, departing at 12 noon, arriving at the Paddington Terminus at 12.25 pm. The journey was carried out in great secrecy.

June 25th

THE GALWAY STARVATION RIOTS.

The foregoing illustration is intended to convey an idea of the state of desperation to which the poor of Galway have been reduced by the present calamitous season of starvation; and although, according to present appearances, there is every reason to rely on the goodness of Providence for an abundant and early relief, yet it is calculated that more than another month of suffering and privation must elapse before succour arrives. The scene represented above is an attack upon a potato store in the town of Galway, on the 13th of the present month, when the distress had become too great for the poor squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer, without some more substantial alleviation than prospects of coming harvest; and their resource in this case was to break open the potato stores and distribute their contents, without much discrimination, among the plunderers, and to attack the mills where oatmeal was known to be stored. During the entire of that day the town was in the possession of a fierce and ungovernable mob, led on apparently by women and children, but having an imposing reserve in the rear of the Claddagh fishermen. The Sheriff, with a strong force of police and the depôt of the 30th Regiment, which constitutes the garrison, vainly attempted to restrain them. They assailed him and his armed bands with showers of stones, which wounded the commanding officer of the military party in the head, and hurt several of the men. But, with singular forbearance and humanity, the gallant Thirtieth held their fire, and, as it was impossible to disperse such a mob without firing amongst them, the millers were induced to promise that meal should be retailed on the following morning at 15d. a stone.
The discontent of the sufferers had been aggravated by the unfeeling, and, there was some reason to suspect, the dishonest artifices of those who had food to sell. Farmers, known to have abundant supplies of potatoes, had not only refused to part with any portion of them at the present high prices, but had actually sent into the markets and made purchases, in order to augment the scarcity. Numbers of dealers also, speculating on a rise, had stored quantities of provisions, which they refused to give out at a fair profit; and in several instances these persons had cleared out the markets the instant they were opened, and left the poor famishing housekeepers, with their money in their hands, in the midst of apparent plenty, unable to procure even the supply of a single day.

To this cause is to be attributed the various disturbances which occurred at Loughrea and Galway; the people insisting upon the farmers retailing provisions to them out of the sack, instead of disposing of its contents wholesale to huxters and forestallers; and the magistrates generally, with proper discretion and humanity, enforcing the reasonable demands of the people.

The Claddagh fishermen, to signalise their victory, insisted upon a general illumination of the town, and ordered the joy-bells of the collegiate church to ring out a merry peal. Their requisitions were complied with in both cases. The joy-bells tang out a merry peal, and the inhabitants in general put lights into their windows. Thus, for several hours, the capital city of Connaught remained in possession of a lawless rabble, while the armed authorities of the country retired before them.

The following is the latest account from this distressed district:-- "Galway, June 20. (From our own correspondent.) Since the disturbance of Monday last this town has been perfectly tranquil. The fishermen took to their boats and went to sea early in the week, and provisions having experienced a seasonable reduction in price, no further commotion is apprehended. It was feared that the country people, hearing of the violence committed on Monday, would not bring their goods into the market; and on Wednesday the supply was scanty from that cause. But an abundance of potatoes was brought in on Saturday, and sold a fourpence a stone. This is not an extravagant price, though a fraction over threepence always pinches the poor man; but in the present dearth of employment any price at all must distress him. Of the scarcity of money you may judge from this fact, of which I can assure you from personal observation, that at Loughrea, in this county, when the famishing people were riotously assembled to oppose the forestallers in the potato market, eggs were offered for sale at five for a penny, and chickens, quite fit for the pot, were sold for sevenpence a couple.

After a long drought we have been visited with seasonable and refreshing rain, which only seemed wanting to confirm our anticipation of an abundant and early harvest. http://tinyurl.com/rydtp

July 2nd

• Banquet at Goldsmiths Hall ' Front page
• ' St Martins In The Fields '
• ' Mr R. Cobden MP '

' Chess Problem '

' The New Beacon on the Goodwin Sands ' lighthouse

' Tlhe Nut Brown Mayd ' peom within engraving

' Signor Costa (After Dantan ) Conductor at her Majesty's Theatre '

' Lablache (After Dantan ) '

' Tableau of the Closing Scene of Sheridan Knowles's "Rose of Arragon"..'

' Portrait (bust) of Moscheles '

' Liszt (after Dantan ) '

' Fashion ' A dress

' Portrait of the Late Frederick H. Yates ' Actor

' The Chub ' Angling

' Hearts Ease or Pansy '

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
' A Glance at The Session '

' Foreign Intelligence '

' Impreial Parliament '

' Provincial - Extensive Fires in the Provinces with reference to Lambourn in Wiltshire - Heybridge Hall Maldon - Browne and Co at Bridgwater - Also Melancholy Accident at Foulmire Pit nearThetford - Presentation of an Address to the Hon. Edward Everett The American Minister - Capture of a Burglar of Manningham Bradford '

' Ireland - Dreadful Accident to the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford '

' Mr R. Cobden MP '

' Distress of the Country '

' Naval and Military Intelligence ' movements of ships and regiments etc

' Shipping Intelligence ' with reference to The Burning of The Georgia on its return from Calcutta - And more

' correspondents '

' Mysterious Munificence '

' The Nelson Monument '

' Great Earthquake at Hayti '

' Whittington's Stone at Highgate '

' The Cort and Haut Ton ' . ' Coroners Inquest includes Death From Eating Peas - Suicide of A Reduced Publican and more

' Law Intelligence ' includes Arches Court and King v. King - The Bankruptcy of Sparks and Co of the Guildford Bank, Re Anthony Lee

' Police '

July 18th

• The fashions Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, Paris
• The sea parachute or life umbrella
• Cricket match

  On Monday July 18 an interesting match took place at Lord's Grounds, wherein the relative merits of the fast and slow systems of bowling were tried by eight gentlemen and players with three bowlers on the new system, and the same number with three slow bowlers. The same event has been contested on four previous occasions, and the match excited considerable interest................. The numbers scored by the players on the new, or over-hand system, was 194, while their opponents scored only 147.

• At the Surrey theatre we have not only "singing" but "acting" for the million. Donizetti's opera of the Love Spell, or Bellini's opera of La Somnambula, with Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth, and all for the small charge of "sixpence"

August

• The Disturbances in the Manufacturing Districts

  At Stockport, where there are upwards of 20,000 persons out of employment who have no resources but those of plunder and beggary, a large body of rioters broke open and pillaged the workhouses of food and clothing, and mobs robbed the provision shops.....

  Reports stated that immense bodies of rioters from Wigan, Chorley, and the district of the collieries, some making them as numerous as 15,000, armed with axes, spades, bludgeons &c., were on their way to Preston. It was reported that that a large cotton factory at Bamberbridge was partially destroyed by the mob.

September 17th

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'Her Majesty in Edinburgh - Passing The Royal Institution' (front page),
• 'Doncaster Grand Stand - The St Leger Race',
• 'The Queen Leaving the Duchess of Atholl's',
• 'The Queen's Entry into The City of Perth',
• 'The Queens Entry into Dunkeld',
• 'Broad Sword Dance and Highland Reel - Taymouth Castle',
• 'Queen Leaving Perth',
• 'Mons Meg',
• 'Manufacturing Districts',
• 'Covent Garden',
• 'Preston Guild', ,
• 'Preston Adjourned Sessions',

September 24th

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'The Queen and Prince Albert Leaving Drummon Castle - View in The Court Yard' (front page),
• 'Map of The North Eastern Boundary Between The British Possessions and The United States as Settled by Treaty August 9, 1842',
• 'Dutch Boars'
• 'Alum Bay - Isle of Wight' ,
• 'Curraghmore' (small),
• 'Beeswing - Racehorse' ,
• 'Hop Picking' ,
• 'Popular Portraits - Lord Palmerston',
• 'The Queens Visit to Scotland' (double page) including 'Triumphal Arches at Inverkeithing, Bridge of Earn, Kinross, Aberfeldy and Kilncragie, also The park at Taymouth, Leaving Taymouth and passing Kenmore, The Queen and Prince Albert Embarking on Loch Tay, Taymouth Castle, The Queen and Prince Albert at Loch Earn Head, The Royal Barge - Loch Tay, The Steps erected for the Queens Landing at Auchmore, Auchmore House - Killin'. 'Killin - View from The Bridge', 'Gate at Drummond Castle - The 42nd Highlanders Marching Out',
• 'Somerset House Stamp Office - The Illustrated London News Paper Unloading',
• 'Her Majesty and Prince Albert Landing At Granton Pier'.
• 'Lord Palmerston',
• 'Suppression of The Slave Trade',
• 'Cure for The Cholera',
• 'Extraordinary Decline in The Consumption of Wine',
• 'Norwich Musical Festival',
  

Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland Bridge

This issue features especially the occasion of the Royal Visit of Queen Victoria to Scotland. It consists of 16 pages, includes some 20 fine prints from engravings by S Sly and W Dickes and accounts of the royal progress from Woolwich to Dunbar by sea and on into Scotland.

The centre pages consist of a spread of 2 large prints on the LH and 3 on the RH with no text. These feature

Scone Palace, Edinburgh Dalkieth (the Duke of Buccleuch. In the Surrounding pages there is much interesting discussion on the Royal personages and escorts, with some local comment included.

There is also a section on Deer stalking with a print.

October 1st

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'The Oration at Christ's Hospital' in London (front page),
• 'Glenartney - The Hill Where Prince Albert, Attended by Lord Willoughby, Went Deer Stalking',
• 'Pass of Glen Ogle',
• 'Her Majesty and Prince Albert Embarking on Board the Trident at Granton Pier',
• 'Roslin Castle, 'Roslin Chapel', 'Hawthornden',
• 'View of Liverpool', 'Clarence Dock, Liverpool',
• 'Fire at Liverpool',
• 'The Ruins after the Fire at Liverpool including Formby Street, Borough Prison, Great Howard Street, The Fire Proof Warehouse, Formby Street Where the Engine with the Firemen was Buried, The Chimney of the Bone House where the Fire Began and Neptune Street',
• 'Rosherville Gardens, Gravesend',
• 'Glades of Windsor'.
• 'Photographic Portraiture'
• Our Relations with America,
• Foreign Intelligence

November 1st

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'Investure of a Knight of St. Patrick' .
• 'Scene from The Grand Polish Ball, Given at Guildhall, on Wednesday the 16th Inst.'
• An article and engraving showing a View of Ashton Hall, Lancashire.
• 'Presentation of a Music Stand to Mr. Hullag by his Pupils at Exeter Hall', '.
• An article and engravings 'The Queen Entering Canterbury' and 'Canterbury Cathedral',
• 'The Duke of Wellington Meeting the Queen at Sandwich',
• 'The Entrance to the Village of Walmer' in Kent,
• 'The Queen and Prince Albert Walking in Front of Walmer Castle - Deal in the distance',
• articles on 'Foreign Intelligence',
• 'Court and Haut Ton',
• 'Naval and Military Intelligence'
• Dreadful Accident at Harefield near Uxbridge
• 'The Churches of the Metropolis - Stepney Church',
• 'St. Ann's Schools, Brixton Hill',
• 'Mrs Fitzwilliam as The Countes Xenia'
• 'Scene from The Drama of My Old Woman',

November 5th

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'The Courts at Westminster - First Day of Term',
• 'Guy Fawkes' Day -The Guy ,
• 'Scene from The New Comedy of The Turf',
• 'The Temple Church, London',
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Municipal Elections', 'Inauguration of The New Lord Mayor', 'The Theatre', 'Shipping Intelligence', 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'Floraculture - The showy Lily',
• 'Nooks and Corner of Old England - Battle Abbey',

December 10th

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

There are many articles and prints from engravings including
• 'Sheep and Pig show of the Smithfield Club, (Wednesday Dec 7th)
• 'View of the Great Wall of China',
• 'View of Barcelona'
• Hungerford Suspension Bridge'
• A variety of engravings of the Cattle and Sheep from the Smithfield Club Show including
• Mr. T. L Meire's 3 year's and 11 month Hereford Ox,
• Mr Thomas's Umber's Twen,
• Earl Spencers 4 years and 9 months Old Short-horned Ox
• . Article and prints of The Royal Stables, Windsor and The Queens Huntsman - Mr. Davis.
• Also articles including 'Foreign Intelligence',
• 'Country News',
• 'India',
• 'Police',
• 'The Coroners Inquest',
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',

It measures 400x280 (16x11") approx

December 31st

price sixpence, eight pages, numerous prints from engravings and articles including

• 'The Christmas Pantomimes by Alfred Crowquill',
• smaller engravings titled 'The Capitol at Washington',
• various views of 'Walton on Thames'.
• 'Views of Old London' including Looking Eastward from the Strand, Old London Bridge, 1660,
• St James Park in the time of Charles II,
• Whitehall as it appeared before The Fire of 1691,
• 'The Tower in the Fifteenth Century'
• 'Twelfth Night Characters', .
• Two pages of words and music entitled 'Jolly Holly Christmas' and 'The City of the World' (London).
• Many articles include 'The Close of the Year, 1842',
• 'Foreign Intelligence',
• 'Country News',
• 'Ireland including The Chinese Heroes of Limerick:
• Sir Hugh Gough,
• Captain Bouchier and Major Serjeant and his son, 18th Royal Irish also
• 'Dreadful Loss of Life in the Catholic Chapel of Galway on Christmas morning - forty to fifty killed',
• 'Floriculture',
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'Naval, Military and Shipping Intelligence',
• 'Police - Mysterious Murder in Whitecross Street and Worship Street',
• 'Coroners Inquest - Death from Over Eating',
• 'The Markets'

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