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The Illustrated London News in 1848

Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• February - The French Revolution begins
• The Chinese Junk Keying came to London (see below)
• Treaty of Guadalupe ends United States war with Mexico -United States gains Texas, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona
• Louis Napoleon elected President of France after the abdication of Louis Philippe
• Public Health Act in Britain following Cholera epidemic
• First safety match produced
• The Revolution in Prussia.
• The Franklin Search Expedition.
• The Insurrection in Naples
  

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List of Remarkable Events from January to June (part I)

April 15th

price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• The Bank of England in a State of Defence' (The Chartists Demonstration, front page),
• 'The Meeting on Kennington Common from a Daguerreotype' (Chartists),
• 'Part of The Procession at Blackfriars Bridge' (Chartists),
• 'The Chartist Convention, John Street, Fitzroy Square',
• 'Mr. Fergus O'Conner MP',
• 'The Rock of Cashel',
• 'The New Holland Ferry on The Humber, Belonging To The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway' (full page),
• 'The First Locomotive Passing Great Grimsby Church on The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway',
• 'Ruins of Thornton College on The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway',
• 'Map Showing the Course of The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and its Connection with other Lines',
• 'The British Institution: Light of The Cross by J. Sant', 'The Captive painted By W. Fisher',
• 'The Insurrection at Milan near The church of The Grazia',
• 'Volunteers on their March from Rome To The Frontier of The Papal States',
• 'Election of The National Guards at Paris - Counting the Vote',
• 'The New Church of St. Matthew, City Road, Consecrated on Tuesday',
• 'The Abbe Lacordaire'.
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News', 'Metropolitan News', 'Country News', 'The Court and Haut Ton', 'National Sports', 'Naval and Military', 'Imperial Parliament',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes:- Sir Thomas Baring at Stratton in Hampshire - Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard at Ryde in The Isle of Wight - Sir Charles William Egleton Kent ',

April 22nd

price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Demonstration at The Hotel de Ville, Paris on Sunday Last - Lamartine Addressing The Crowd'(front page),
• 'The Late Signor Donizetti',
• 'The Late John Jacob Astor of New York',
• 'Boat for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales',
• 'Chinese Youths Recently Introduced to The Queen',
• 'Gold Box Presented by Commercial Travellers to Mr. Cobden MP',
• 'Crows Nest at Westminster Abbey',
• 'Cutting the Black Mark',
• 'Schleswig and The Chateau Gottorp - German Volunteers on their March from Kiel to the Frontier',
• 'The Fortress of Rendsburg, The Present seat of The Provisional Government in Holstein - Sketched from the Chateau of the Count Reventlow',
• 'Christ Crowned with Thorns - Designed and Etched by Vandyke',
• 'The Tower of London - Chamber in The Beauchamp Tower - Apartment in the St. Thomas's or Traitors Tower - Ruins of The Brick Tower - The Horse Armoury - The Bowyer Tower, basement - Ruins of The Bowyer Tower' (two full pages with interesting article),
• 'Sketches in Spain - The Holy Week in Madrid', 'Fountain in Madrid'.
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News',
• 'Metropolitan News',
• 'Country News',
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'National Sports',
• 'Naval and Military',
• 'Imperial Parliament',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes 'Right Hon. William Tonson Lord Riversdale, - Sir Thomas Neave Bart of Dagnan-Park Essex, - George Henry Elliot Esq of Binfield Park and Hust Lodge Berkshire',
• adverts of the day
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").
  

May 6th

May 6, 1848
Friends Of The Church-Archbishop Of Canterbury
Exhibition of The royal academy-“chequered shade”-painted by T. Creswick, A-(see page 299)
Foreign and Colonial news
France
Spain
Portugal
Denmark and the Duchies
Austria
Prussia
German states
Italian States
Principalities of the Danube
Sweden
Egypt
India
Poland
Greece
United States
Canada
Nova Scotia
Mexico
Central America
National Sports- latest betting at Chester
The Paris Elections
Scrutiny of Votes, at the salle St. Jean
Armed marrast reading the names of the returned deputies, at the hotel de ville
Abd-El-kader at pau
The French republican flag
The castle of pau
Royal intalian opera, covent garden
Theatre Royal, Dury-lane-last week.
Zoological gardens, regents-park
Now exhibiting, Bedford gallery
Times of high water at London bridge
Calendar for the week
To correspondents
ILN editorial
The weather
Metropolitan news- The twenty-third annual meeting of this useful society,
Court and haut ton- the court at osborne house
Ireland- the protestant repeal association
Epitome of news- foreign and domestic- the chester and Holyhead railway-the sun of Lucien Bonaparte
Enthronization of the archbishop of Canterbury
The portrait
The patriarchal chair
The most reverend father in god, john bird sumner, D.D., Lord of Canterbury
The procession entering the choir of the cathederal
The war in Schleswig- “Schleswig is a long, straggling town of one street...”
Music- Ancient concerts, Philharmonic society
The theatres
Her majesties
Royal Italian opera- the long promised performance of “La Cenerentola” took place at this house last Tuesday...
St. James- M. Houdin.
Lyceum- a two-act comic drama called the “scarecrow”
Haymarket
The Olympic
Chess
Problem No.224 By Herr Kling
The new reform party
Imperial parliament
House of commons
Obituary of eminent persons recently deceased
General dalyell
Henry Vansittart, esq of kirk-leatham, county York.
Miss Hester Rodgers, of Dowdeswell House, County Gloucester.
Emily Elizabeth Bulwer Lytton
Mr.Tate
Country News- Fires in Edinburgh, and suffocation of five persons, The Irish  prelates in rome
New graving Dock, at Southampton – The docks at Southampton being the depoit for the royal mail steam-packet company,
The dram-Drinker-drawn by Kenny Meadows
Characters about town
The dram-drinker
By Thomas Miller
Parliamentary Portraits
Mr.J. W. Fox, Member for Oldham
New graving Dock, Southampton
Artists’ amateur performance of “The Heir-at-law”, St James’s Theatre- The epiloque
St. James’s theatre- amateur artists’ performance
The exhibition of the royal academy
Royal academy exhibition-“the scotch fair”- painted by Phillip
Exhibition at the old society of painters in water colours
Naval and military intelligence
Church universities
Monetary transactions of the week
The markets
The London gazette
The fete of fraternity
Adverts- Hooper’s dandelion or taraxacum, the young composer.
London; Printed and Published at the office, 198, Strand, in the parish of St. Clement danes; in the county of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.-Saturday, Mly 6, 1848

price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• Exhibition of The Royal Acadamy - Chequered Shade by T. Creswick' (front page),
• 'Scrutiny of Votes at The Salle St. Jean', 'Armand Marrast Reading the Names of The Returned Deputies, At The Hotel De Ville',
• 'Abd - El - Kader at Pau', 'The Castle of Pau',
• 'Enthronization of The Archbishop of Canterbury', 'The Most Reverend Father in God, John Bird Sumner, DD., Archbishop of Canterbury', 'The Procession entering the Choir of The Cathedral',
• 'Plan of The Late Engagement in Schleswig',
• 'Characters about Town - The Dram Drinker by Kenny Meadows',
• Mr. J. W. Fox, Member for Oldham',
• 'New Graving Dock, Southampton',
• 'Artists Amateur Performance of The Heir at Law, St James's Theatre - The Epilogue, H. Moreland, Caroline Dormer, Daniel Dowlas, Deboral Dowles, Dick Dowlas, Cicely Homespun, T. Homespun, Kenrick, D. Panglos. Mr. Tenniel, Miss Murray, Mr. Wilson, Mrs Tayham, Mr. Hamerton, Miss Cooper, Mr. Topham, Mr Wood and r. Holl',
• 'Royal Academy Exhibition - The Scotch Fair by Phillip',
• 'The Grand Fete of Fraternity, at Paris',
• articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News',
• 'The Weather',
• 'Arctic Expedition - Capt. Sir James Clarke Ross',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased including General Dalyell, Henry Vansittart of Kirk-Leatham, Couty York, - Miss Hester Rogers of Dowdeswell House, County, Gloucester, - Emily Elizabeth Bulwer Lytton of Knebworth Park, Herts, - Mr. William Tate of Charles Square London',
• 'Births, Marraiges and Deaths',
• 'Chess',
• 'Imperial Parliament',
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'The Church',
• 'Metropolitan News',
• 'National Sports',
• 'Naval and Military Intelligence',
• 'The London gazette',

September 30th

A sixteen page issue September, 30 1848 price sixpence.

It features prints from engravings (often with descriptive articles) including:

• French national guards in London. Front Page. General Cavaignac. St. Kitts Foreign animals imported for The Earl of Derby. Corrimulzie, from the north side of The Dee. The Linn of Dee. Ballon Descent at the Boulogne fete. Portrait of Lord George Bentick. The Greendale oak in Welbeck Park. Welbeck Abbey. Lord George Bentick. Sketch on the Welbeck estate. (Article: East Lancashire railwayJ The Alderbottom viaduct. The Ogden viaduct. Accrington. The Crown Inn, Oxford The Candos portrait of Shakspere. Progess of a bill – The renewal. Lowestoft harbour, with the improvements. Parish fashion for October. The South Wales training college, at Carmarthen. Silver cradle, presented to the Mayoress of Liverpool. Seal of the French Republic. + many articles etc incl The Austrian revolution and The New Forrest

October 7th

• Sitting Of The German National Assembly

Messina, From The Faro

The Taking Of Messina

Major Edwards, From A Miniature In The Possession Of His Family

Peterborough Fair During The Flood

Marlborough College Chapel

March Of The Troops In India (Double Page Centre Pullout – Holes And Fold Down The Middle Though)

The Irish State Trials

Opening Of The Special Commission, At Clonmel

Room To Which The Jury Retire

Mr Smith O’brien Sketched From The Reporters Gallery

Mr Whiteside Counsel Fro Mr S O’brien

Perth From A Recent Sketch

Progress Of A Bill – The Acceptor Gets Out Of The Way

The Adelphi Theatre - Redecorated

October 14th

• The Irish state trials-Mr O’Brien conveyed back to prison, after the sentence. Front Page. Scene at the post-office at Clonmel, after the sentence of Mr S.O’Brien.
• Grotto on Enderby Island (article The Auckland Islands) Harbour of Auckland Island.
• Bust of Sir Charles Napier, by Park. Limerick Castle and Thomond-Bridge. Statue of The Duke of Wellington, at The Tower of London. Departure od colonists from Paris, for Algeria. Monument to the late Lord Holland – by E.Baily. Sikh Guns at Windsor Castle – drawn by permission of Her Majesty. The late Earl of Carlisle. Castle Howard, the seat of The Carlisle family. Pas de deux. Scene from the new ballet ”Les Amazons” at Covent Garden Theatre. Statuet of H. R. H. The Prince of Wales. Progess of a bill – the man in possesion. The new lighthouse at Calais. New patent curricle tribus. Littlemore church. + many articles etc incl The Austrian revolution and The New Forrest

October 21st

• No 340, Vol XIII, dated, For the week ending Saturday, 21 October1848 price sixpence.
• Insurrection in Vienna –The conflict at the cathedral. Front Page. The Bastions at Vienna. Conflict at the university, Vienna. Troops at the Belvedere. Westminster Abbey –Edward the confessor’s chapel. (chapter VII (Westminster Abbey) of Picturesque sketches of Lo ndon Past and Present The New Forest: The Southampton Road. Mark Ash wood and charcoal burners. The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester railway. (Nearly full page) The Richmond, Windsor and Staines railway – The bridge at Richmond. Windsor Castle, from The Thames. Patent Spring-stopped decanter. Old St Pancras church – re-constructed. Progess of a bill – The acceptor goes to prison. Clarke and Varley’s atmospheric piledriving machine. Christ Church District Upper School, St George’s in-the-East. + many articles etc incl The Austrian revolution and The New Forrest

November 4th

price sixpence.

• Visit of the new archbishop of Paris to the Faubourg St Antoine.
• Front Page. Plan of the operations before Moultan. (article India: Retreat of the british forces from Moultan) Citizens of Moultan and Sikh soldiers.
• Fall of a sugar-house at Glasgow.
• Launch of modern gun-brig, in Easywell Park.. Paris fashion for November The New orchestra, Exeter Hall. The Quadrant, from Vigo-Street (article Regent’s Quadrant) The Quadrant, as it will apear from Tichborne-Street with Alterations completed. ”Guy Fawkes” – drawn by Dodgson. Advanced guard of the Croatian irregulars.. The Vernon Gallery. The late hon. And rev. Dr Wellesley. Monuments to the memory of the late Marquis od Downshire. Mr John Reeve, of The Lyceum Theatre. Stone Vase found near Westbury. Remains of the priory of St. Gregory at Canterbury. Fire on Camberwell-Green. The South Wales training college, at Carmarthen. Silver cradle, presented to the Mayoress of Liverpool. Seal of the French Republic. + many articles etc incl The Austrian revolution and The New Forrest.

December 2nd

• 'The Insurrection at Rome,: Attack on The Pope's Palace' Front page
• 'The Late Viscount Melbourne, From The Coronation Picture by Sir George Hayter'
• 'Brocket Hall, Herts, The Seat of The Late Viscount Melbourne'

'The New Cathedral of Saint Isaac, At St Petersburg' - - - 'The Great Bell' - - - 'The Bronzed Gate'

'Portrait of a Burgomaster painted By Rembrant' Formerly in the Orleans Gallery and Recently Sold at Stowe. Nearly full page engraving

'chess Problem'

'New Church of St Paul, CamdenSquare'

'The Royal Gold MEdal presented by Her Majesty To The Institute of British Architects' Front and reverse

'Mrs Charles Kean as Viola in Twelfth Night at The Haymarket'

'M. Cavaignac in the Tribune of The National Assembly of France'

'Large Tonel of Port Wine'

'The Ministers Anti Chamber'

'Paris Fashions for December' engraving of a fashionable victorian family.

'Scene from The New Burlesque of The Enchanted Isle at THe Adelphi Theatre'

'The Late Sir John Barrow' died in a small cottage at the village of Dragleybeck near Ulverston (Includes obituary)

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'The Roman Insurrection'

'Death of Viscount Melbourne (obituary) and Brocket Hall'

'The Court and Haut Ton, Osborne etc'

'The Electric Light'

'Naval and Military Intelligence'

'Metropolitan News'

'Country News includes Intellectual Amusements of Military Officers'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently deceased includes Millicent, The Duchess of Manchester died at Kimbolton Castle in Hutningdonshire - - - Charles Buller Esq MP aged 42 died of Typhus Fever - - - The Rev. Thomas Price died at Curndn near Crickhowell'

December 9th

• Alderney Cattle – From The Celebrated Picture, Painted By James Ward Esq, R.A.

Gold Cup Presented By Prince Waldemar To The 50th Regiment

Bloomsbury Baptist Chapel, Opened On Tuesday

View In The New Colony Of Labuan

M. Mathieu Louisi

Remains Of The Railway Arches, At Homerton

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show
General View Of The Cattle Show
The Implement Room
Mr Griffins Heifer. First Prize Seventh Class, £20 And Silver Medal And Prince Alberts Hereford Ox First Prize First Class £30 And Silver Medal
The Earl Of Leicesters North Devon Steer And The Duke Of Rutlands Short Haired Steer

Fat Pigs Drawn By Duncan

Remarkable Hybrid (Pony) From The New Forest

Banvards Panorama – The Bluffs Of Semla, On The Mississippi

It Is My People

Stanfield Hall, Near Wymondham

Experimental Exhibition Of The Electric Light In Trafalgar Square

December 16th

• The Cathedral Of Brandenburg

Prague – The Old Town

Prague – Sketched After The Late Bombardment

The Nimrod Sculptures Lately Received At The British Museum
The Siege – Impalement Of Prisoners
The Cup Bearer To The King Of Ninevah
The Obelisk
The Passage Of The River

Election Of The President Of The French Republic
Offering The Candidates Names To The Voters
News Boys Selling Portraits And Caricatures Of Cavaignac And Napoleon
Hotel Of General Cavaignac
Ouvriers Promenanding The Boulevards And Singing “ A Bas Cavaignac
Gardien De Paris Tearing Down The Address Of Louis Napoleon
Taking The Ballot Boxes To The Hotel De Ville

Ejectment Of Irish Tenantry
The Ejectment
The Day After The Ejectment

Chancel Of St. Mary’s Stockport, Restored

Peninsular War Medals
Naval Medal
Army Medal
Yorkshire West Riding Election – The Nomination At Wakefield

The Embarkment Of The President Of Liberia, From Plymouth

Carol Singing In The Country Drawn By Dodgson

Making The Christmas Pudding – Drawn By Kenny Meadows
Taking Up The Christmas Pudding “ “

Grandpapa’s Christmas Hamper – Drawn By Duncan

Christmas Sports – Drawn By Wehnert

The Christmas Holly Cart - Drawn By Foster

Fetching Home The Christmas Dinner – Drawn By Leech

Christmas Tree At Windsor Castle – Drawn By J.L. Williams (Showing Victoria And Albert)

The Christmas Welcome – Drawn By Marshall
The Christmas Eve - “ “

The Christmas Waits – Drawn By Kenny Meadows

Christmas Offerings – Drawn By Harvey

• Francis Joseph, Emperor Of Austria

Louis Napoleon, The President Of The French Republic, Taking The Oath Of Office

The President Of The French Republic On His Way To The Palace Of The Elysee National

The Hotel Du Rhin, Place Verdome, Late The Residence Of Louis Napoleon

Paris Fashions For The New Year

New Years Night In An Irish Cabin

Scene From “The Haunted Man”, At The Adelphi Theatre

New Years Custom At Queen’s College, Oxford

The Middlesex Hospital

New Theatre, Erected For The Exhibition Of The Cyclorama, At The Colosseum

Swiss Armoury, Or Refreshment Room

The Late M. Rossi, Premier Of The Papal States

Present State Of The Tomb Of Napoleon, At St. Helena

The Athelete

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