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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Vol 16 -- Jan to June 1850
January 12th
Protectionist Meeting At Lincoln
Homeric Table (The Shield Of Achilles) – Designed By John Henning, Jun,
Esq, For The Gallery Of The Right Honerable Lord Northwick
The Great Seal Of California
The Turkish Fleet In Bashika Bay
The Dardanelles The Battery And Stone Shot
The Dardanelles – Fort Of Chanah-Kalesi, From The Middle Of The Channel
Priest Of The Greek Church Reading The Gospel At The Altar
Exterior And Interior Of The New Greek Church London Wall
Scene From The Pantomime Of ‘Harlequin And The Dragon Of Wantley’ At Sadlers Wells Theatre
Scene From The Extravaganza Of ‘Frankenstein; Or The Model Man,’ At The Adelphi Theatre
Scene From The Opera Of ‘Le Val D’andorre’ At The St. James’s Theatre
Interior Of The New Olymipic Theatre, Strand
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
The St Marylebone Baths And Washhouses
The Corn Exchange And Market Hall Just Erected At Lichfield
Dr. Ginacinto Achilli
January 19th
price sixpence.
It features articles with prints from engravings including:
'The Great Square in Alexandria, Present State of the Proposed Church for The English Protestant Residents'
'St Pauls Church, Malta, Built at The Expense of the Late Queen Dowager, Adelaide'
'Pax, At New College, Oxford'
'The Notts Testimonial to Lord George Bentinck, In The market Place, Mansfield'
'Silver Inkstand Presented to The Incumbent of St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich'
Sports on the Ice 'Sledging in Berlin'
'Sports on the Ice: Skating Race on WHittlesea Wash'
'Captive Jews By The Waters of Babylon Painted by Bendeman'
' Torquay From The Road to Dartmouth'
'The Artisan's Home, Spitalfields, The Coffee Room'
'Robinson and :ees Ptent Bread Making Machine' - 'Bread Making Machine, Ovens' - 'Furnace'
'The Last Appeal, A Ballad' words and music, full page
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'The Metropolitan Water Supply, and Teh Dwellings of The Poor' with reference
to Sir William Clay, Bart'
'Foreign and colonial News'
'Imperial Parliament'
'Pbotiaru pf E,omemt Persons Recently Deceased includes Ensign Daniel Augustus Sandford age 20 - Edward Dubois Esq at his house in Sloane Street - Lady Mary Leslie - Mrs Bartley'
'The Court and Haut Ton'
'Metropolitan News'
'Torquay'
'Deputation to Lord John Russell on The Tea Duties'
'Naval and Military'
'Country News'
'Extensive Savings Bank Defalcations' St Helens and Scarborough'
January 26th
Anticipated repeal of Window Tax,
the Protection movement in Ireland,
the Total Destruction of a Chinese Piratical Fleet,
Australian Aboriginals,
Launch of the 'Earl of Hardwicke' whaling ship at Cowes,
February 2nd
Flooding of the Thames (engraving)
a report on the Progress of the New Houses of Parliament,
The Queens Speech,
The Great Protectionist Meeting in Lincoln,
destruction of a Piratical Chinese fleet (engraving),
February 9th
' Opening of the British Institution - "The Miller's Home " Painted by T. creswick ARA '
' The Post Office Painted by F. Goodall '
' Chess Problem by Mr W. Horner '
' Lord Methuen ' Frederick Henry Paul
' The Village of Killard ' Ireland and The New Poor Law
' Great Fire in Guildford Street, Belvidere Road ' Lambeth
' The Fire Brigade ' Lambeth - a fireman up a ladder with the hose whilst others steady the ladder
' The Fire Brigade ' Lambeth - Firemen and volunteers manning the pumps and the engine at the premises of Mr George Myers of The Ordnance Wharf - Info..with properties damaged in Pedlars Acre - Guildford St - York Rd and Belvidere rd
' Tree of Liberty on The Boulevard St Martin at Paris '
' Sword and Watch of Oliver Cromwell '
' Rare Winter Birds Recently Shot in Yorkshire - Black Throated Diver - Pink Footed Goose - Waxen Chatterer - Red Throated Diver - Sclavonian Grebe - Red Breasted Merganser '
' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
' The Greek Difficulty '
' Foreign and Colonial News ' with reference to France and the riots and The Association des Marchands de Vin adn Rue Jean Robert - - - United States with reference to the Nicaragua Difficulty, The Forest and MaCready Riot and more
' Country News ' includes Game Law Vengeance at Grove Wood Wotton - - - Extensive fire at the Village of Ashwell Herts - - - Another Savings Bank Robbery, Hull and Aylesbury -
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Margaret Countess of Wemyss and March died at Gosford House near Haddington - - - Sir Riggs Falkiner in Regent Street London - - - Sir Felix Booth of Portland Place and Great Catworth in The County of Huntingdon died suddenly at York Hotel Brigthton - - - William Russell Esq of Brancepeth Castle, Formerly MP for Co Durham died at Brancepeth Castle Co Durham - - - Ann The Dowager Countess of Plymouth died at Brook Street - - - Sir William Joh Struth died at Bognor - - - Mr John Mather of Sheffield and Doncaster died at Edinburgh
' Ireland '
' Banquet to New Zealand Chiefs at Wellington ' with a list of the chiefs includint Te Puni - Henere of Pitone Pa - Matahiwi - Te Kepa of Waiwetu - E. Tako - Manihera of Ngauranga - Arawa Karaka of Whareroa - Te Matia - Te Puke - Watanue of Ohau and others
' Sale At Marlborough House ' effects of the Late Queen Dowager Adelaide
'The Court and Haut Ton at Windsor etc'
' The Science of Deep Draining '
' A String of Valentines ' poems
' Telegraphic Communication with France '
'Naval and Military Intelligence'
'Metropolitan News includes Clergy Orphan Corporation - - - The Royal Institute of British Architects and ref to Mr Sidney Smirke Vice president - - - Agend Poor Society - - - Metropolitan Water Supply with reference to Mr John Laude Tabberner - - - Equalisation of the Land Tax - - - Supply of Water to the Metropolis - - - The Lock Hospital and Asylum - - - Violent Gale in the Metropolis - - - Fire In Watling Street - - - Births and Deaths - - - Bygone Winters
' The Markets '
' The London Gazette ' with Bankrups
' Births Marriages and Deaths '
' The Condition of Ireland '
February 16th
VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 413
ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Taxes on Literature, Education, And Religion
Stag Hunt Extraordinary
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Railway Intelligence
Church Universities
- London Union on Church Matters
- Oxford
- Cambridge
Floating Railway Across the Forth, Between Granton and Burntisland
Colours of the 31st Regiment Placed Above the Monument to the Officers in Canterbury
Cathedral
Nooks and Corners of Old England - Ruins of the Franciscan Convent, at Dunwich
The County Hunt Ball at Reading
Conflagration at Manchester - Destruction of All Saints' Church
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
Law Intelligence - Court of Exchequer
Postscript
Latest Foreign News
Metropolitan News
Naval and Military Intelligence
Wreck of Indiaman
Darjeeling
Exhibition of the British Institution
Music - Sacred Harmonic Society
Foreign Musical News
Her Majesty's Theatre
Burford's Arctic Panorama
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Chess in the Metropolis - Mr. H. vs. Mr. S.
Chess enigmas
Country News
Ireland
National Sports
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Scene from the New Play of Fiesco at Drury Lane Theatre
Opening of St. Martin's Hall
Theatrical Performances Windsor Castle
The Theatres - St. James
Splendid Meteor, Seen on Monday Night
The Late Fire at Ashwell
A Centenarian
SHORT STORIES / SERIAL NOVELS (Title/author)
The Fear of the World or Living for Appearances / the Brothers Mayhew
February 23rd
VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 414
ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Chartist Land Delusion
The Chartist Estate - Snig's End
National Sports
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Terrific Steam Boiler Explosion in New York
Mica Bay
Naval and Military Intelligence
Athens and the Piraeus
Great Suspension Bridge in Russia
The Road to St. Petersburgh
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Literature
Metropolitan News
Country News
The Advertisement Duty
Church Universities
Lord Gough's Return to Calcutta
Rural Sports - February - Rabbit Shooting
Music - London Sacred Harmonic Society
Society of British Musicians
Pianoforte Concerts
Foreign Musical News
The Theatres
- Drury Lane
- St. James
- Sadler's Wells
- Olympic
- Adelphi
- New Strand
- Surrey
Court and Haut Ton
- the Court at Buckingham Palace
Political and Fashionable Reunions
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Chess by correspondence between clubs of Reading and Penzance
Chess enigmas
Law Intelligence - Court of Excheque
State of Newgate
Parliamentary Portraits - Lieutenant Colonel James Charles Chatterton, K.H.
M.P.
Burford's Panorama of the Polar Regions
University Hall, Gordon Square
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- Francis Godolphin Lord Godolphin / illustrated
- Rear Admiral Sir James John Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.H. / illustrated
- Charles Thomas Conolly, Esq. of Midford Castle, County of Somerset
- James Barnwell Tattnall, Esq. Commander, Royal Navy
- John Caldecott, the Astronomer
- Julian Busby, Esq.
Ireland
Railway Intelligence
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Kneller Hall Training School
The Great Seal of Oregon Territory
Paris Fashions for March
SHORT STORIES / SERIAL NOVELS (Title/author)
The Fear of the World or Living for Appearances / the Brothers Mayhew
March 2nd
The Landing of Lord Gough at Southampton
Assasination of Prince of Musignano in Rome
Eruption of Vesuvius
March 9th
March 16th
March 23rd
'The great Exhibition of 1851, Levee at The Mansion House on Thursday'
'Banquet in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House'
'Scene from Der Freischutz ( The Wolfs Glen ) At The Royal Italian Opera'
'Proclamation of The Successful Candidates for The Department of The Seine, At The Hotel De Ville, Paris'
'The Britannia Tubular Bridge Across The Menai Straits Sketched from The Anglesey Shore' wonderful full page
'The Britannia Tubular Bridge, Entrance From The Bangor Side'
Britannia Tubular Bridge 'Interior of the Tube - Mr Stephenson Driving The Last Rivet'
Exhibition of ANcient and Mediaevel Art 'Candlestick' - 'Ewer Ware of Henry II of France' - 'Salt Cellar' - 'Metal Pyx' - 'Silver Gilt Shrine' - 'Roman Drinking Vase' - 'Clothworkers Company's Cup, Pepys' - 'Bronze Vases, Romano British' - 'Terra Cotta Bust of Lorenzo de Medici, By Michael Angelo' - 'Founders Cup, Emanuel College, Cambridge' - 'Ivory Tankard'
'Extensive Fire at The Great Southern and Western Railway Station, Cork'
'British Institution Exhibition "The First Impression" painted by H. Selous'
'Water Carrier at Hampstead'
'British Institution Exhibition, "The Frozen Mill" painted by C. Branwhite'
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above ) including:
'The African Squadron' The Slave Trade
' Foreign And Colonial News'
Church & Universities
Imperial Parliament
'Court and Haut Ton' At Bucingham Palace and the Prince Consorts Levee'
'The Gorham Case'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Anna MAria, Countess of Scarborough - Leutenant General Elias Walker Durnford of the Royal Engineers died at his residence in Tunbridge Wells - William Ramsay Ramsay Esq of Barnton in Mid Lothian - Sir Thomas Marrable KT Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth in the Lord Stewards Department of the Royal Household - Dr Boyrenson of the Hon. East India Companys Service died of Jungle Fever at Kaira, Bombay'
'The Royal Italian Opera '
'Metropolitan News'
'The Gorham Case, Meeting of the Clergy'
'Country News includes Explosion of Fire Damp at Haydock, Lancs Thirteen Lives Lost (listed) - Dreadful Accident at St Vincents Rocks, Clifton, Bristol, Miss Craven daughter of Mr Craven solicitor of the Firm of Plupper and Craven, fell to her death
April 20th
VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 422 (with supplement)
Supplement:
The Punjab - Native Troops in Camp
Husyn Abdal in Punjab / G.T. Vigne, Esq
Sheringham's Ventilating Valve
The Decline of Greenwich Fair
- The Dwarf's House as Seen in Front of the Show
- Uncomfortable Position of the Dwarf in the House as Seen Sideways and in a
Section
- Probable Effect of the Disbanded Menageries
- the Final Destiny of the Bear
Driving Horses to the Stock Yard
Bushing It - Camped for the Night
No. 7 Byzantine School - Virgin and Child
No. 53 Jan Van Eyck - Virgin and Child
No. 67 Lucas Van Leyden - St. Peter and St. Dorothea
No. 64 Israel Van Mechely - The Presentation in the Temple
Bust of Mr. Alison by Park
Bust of Mr. Macaulay by Park
Picturesque Sketches of London - the Adelphi Dry Arches / J.W. Archer
ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Taxes on Knowledge and Opinion
The Pope's Chateau at Portici
Foreign and Colonial News
Lord John Russell and the Press
California
Imperial Parliament
Parliament Portraits - William Keogh, Esq. M.P. for Athlone
The Lord Mayor's Grand Banquet to Her Majesty's Ministers
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
National Sports
Grand Metropolitan Steeple Chase at Epsom
Retirement of Dr. Tait from Rugby School
Exhibition of the National Institution
Opening of the Aberdeen Railway
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Princess
- Surrey
- Sadler's Wells
- St. James'
- Drury Lane
- Strand
Music - Concerts
Memoir of Mr. Platt
Town Talk and Table Talk
Mercantile Marine Bills
Naval and Military Intelligence
Ireland
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam clubs
Chess in the Metropolis - Greenaway vs. Horwitz
Chess enigmas
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London / illustrated
Superb Testimonial
The Azorian Orange Schooner
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- Lieut General Sir James Bathurst, K.C.B.
- John C. Calhoun, Esq.
- Admiral Hills / illustrated
- The Rev. Canon Eaton
- Lieut. Skene
- The Rev. John Rowland Berkeley, of Cotheridge, County Worcester / illustrated
- William Beer
- Madam Tussaud
- The Rev. William Lisle Bowles / illustrated
The Gorham Case
Church, Universities
Metropolitan News
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Husyn-Abdal, in the Punjab
Prizes for the Industrial Exhibition of 1851
New Sounding Line / illustrated
Sheringham's Ventilating Valve
Shaw's Patent India Rubber Air Gun / illustrated
Mr. Shepherd's Inventions
Iron Hotel for Port Natal
Use of the Eagle Desk in Churches / W.S.G.
Literature
Composite Columns No. IV / Albert Smith / illustrated
- Foreign English / illustrated
- The Decline of Greenwich Fair / illustrated
To Correspondents
Australian Emigration from the Sketch Book of a Settler
The Wallerstein Gallery
Exhibition of the National Institution
Fine Arts
- Scheffer's Christus Remunerator
- Cumbal and Chillianwala
- Battle of Trafalgar
- American Scenery
- Pastel Painting
Music - Amateur Musical Society
Death of Madame Dulcken
The Shrove Tide Carnival at St. Petersburg
Busts of Mr. Alison and Mr. Macaulay by Park
Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present / Thomas Miller
TITLE: The Illustrated London News
DAY: 4
MONTH: May
YEAR: 1850
VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 424 (with supplement - View Of Rome )
ENGRAVINGS
I. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's
Interior of St. Peter's - the Pope at the Grand Altar
II. Smaller than full page engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
Return of the Pope to Rome - the Procession at the Church of San Giovanni
New Railway Station in Tithebarn Street, Liverpool
Exhibition of the Society of Painters In Water Colours No. 59 - A Group of Pilgrims
in Sight of St. Peter's Rome painted by Carl Haag / Horace Harral
Cattle Drovers
Roman Wine Cart
Ecclesiastics
Pifferari
Fashions for May
- Crinoline Hat for Opera
- The Tulip Bonnet
- Straw Hats for Promenade
- Crinoline Hat
- Straw Bonnet
- Paris Fashions for May
- Lace Jacquette
A song of spring
The Finding of Romulus and Remus / Pietro Da Cortona
Key to the Large View of Rome - List of 42 locations throughout Rome
Rome Illustrated and Described
- The Capitol
- Piazzo Di Spagna
- Monte Cavallo
- Arch of Drusus
- Tomb of Cecilia Metella
- Basilica of Constantine
- Temple of Vesta
- Chariot Race in the Circus Maximus
- Baths of Caracalla
- Arch of Titus
- The Colosseum
- Santa Maria Maggiore
- The Pantheon / W. Thomas
- The Ancient Forum / W. Thomas
- French Academy / W. Thomas
- St. John Lateran
- Piazza Del Popolo
- Castle of St. Angelo
- Fountain of Trevi
- From the Walls, Near the Porta San Pancrazio
- Porta San Pancrazio
- Villa Santucci - Head Quarters of General Oudinot
- Farnese Palace
- Ponte Molle
- Students of the Propaganda College
- Osteria - Playing at Bowls
- Artists Models on the Steps of the Trinita De Monte
- Playing at Morra
- Caffe Greco
ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
State of France
Foreign and Colonial News
Ireland
Mysterious Robbery and Murder
Imperial Parliament
Naval and Military Intelligence
New Railway Station, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool
Exhibition of the Old Water Colour Society
Sketches in Rome
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
Metropolitan News
Town Talk and Table Talk
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Princess'
- Drury Lane
- Lyceum
- Sadler's Wells
- Surrey
Music
- Concerts
- Musical Events
Foreign Musical News
Fine Arts
National Sports
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Second chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam
Chess enigmas
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Fashions for May
A Song of Spring / Poetry by Desmond Ryan, Esq., Music by Edward Loder / illustrated
Church Universities
The Gorham Case
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- The Bishop of Clogher / illustrated
- Sir Samuel Henry Piers, Bart / illustrated
- The Rev. Charles Montague Doughty of Theberton Hall, County of Suffolk / illustrated
- Sir Thomas Cartwright, G.C.H. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
at the Court of Sweden
Art Union of London - Distribution of Prizes
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Rome - A Memoir on the History and Topography of Rome / William Joseph O'Hea
- The Tiber
- The Walls
- The Streets and Palaces
- The Churches
- The Basilicas
- The Obelisks
- The Fountains
- The Villas
- Climate
The Illustrations
POEMS / LIMERICKS (Title/author)
Imperial Rome / Childe Harold, Canto iv
The Disasters of the Imperial City / Childe Harold, Canto iv
Modern Rome
The Ruins / Childe Harold, Canto iv
The Colosseum / Childe Harold, Canto iv
May 11th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features many articles with prints from engravings including
May 18th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features many articles with prints from engravings including
May 25th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features many articles with prints from engravings including
June 15th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features many articles with prints from engravings including
ENGRAVINGS
I. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
n/a
II. Smaller than full page engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
The Late Sir Robert Peel, Bart / Smith & Cheltnam
Landing at Stockholm of Her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa of the Netherlands,
at Biskopsudden in the Park at Stockholm
Ascent of M. Poiteven on Horseback in a Balloon from the Champ De Mars, Paris
Wreck of the Brig Retriever in the Boccases Trinidad
California - the Fremont Hotel, San Francisco from a Recent Sketch
The Earl Cathcart Steamer Aground Among the Islands of the River St. Lawrence
The Funeral Procession Passing Drayton Manor
The Tenantry Assembly at the Lodge
Exterior of the Church at Drayton Bassett / Smyth
Interior of Drayton Bassett Church
Room in the Master's House, Harrow School
Watering Places of Enrland - Herne Bay and Pier Kent
Folkestone Kent
French Plays - Scene from Racine's Phedre
The Funebral Cypress
Gigantic Land Tortoise - A Present for Her Majesty
His Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge, K.G. G.C.B., & C.
ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Post Office Question
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Court and Haut Ton - the Court at Buckingham Palace
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Royal Marriage at Stockholm
Extraordinary Balloon Ascent
Church Universities - University College, London
The Gorham Case
Wreck of the Brig Retriever
California, San Francisco
The Earl Cathcart Steamer
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Metropolitan News
The New Postal Derangements
Funeral of Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel as a Statesman
The Public Sentiment on Sir Robert Peel's Death
Harrow School - the Speech Day
Country News
Central Criminal Court - the Late Outrage on the Queen
National Sports
The Watering Places of England
- Herne Bay
- Folkestone
The Funebral Cypress
Gigantic Land Tortoise
Mdlle Rachel's Performances
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Haymarket
- St. James'
Music - Concert
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge / illustrated
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Second chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam
Chess in the Metropolis - Buckle vs. Smith
Chess in te provinces
August 17th
'General Schleppegrell, Killed in The Battle of Idstadt.'
'Explosion of the Laboratory at Rendsburg.'
'Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High Street Looking North'
'Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - Looking West'
'Picture Gallery of The Late King of Holland in The Palace of the Hague'
'The Late Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice Chancellor of England.'
'Reverse of an Ancient Cross found at Cork.'
'The New Free Grammar and Commercial School at Loughborough.'
'Founding of the New School at Loughborough - The Procession.'
'Madame Fiorentini as Norma'
'Mrs Grahams Ballon on Fire '
'The New High Civic Cross, Bristol.'
'The Large Cat living at 175 Oxford Street weighs 25 lbs.'
'Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals ( £50 each ) M. Gaybard - M. Wiener - Mr Hancock (three designs)'
" Aholibah " Painted by E. Armitage
" The Guard Room " Painted by L. Haghe
' Miss Frederika Bremer'
' Election Saturday at Eton - Regatta and Fireworks'
'Model of Amphitrite by J. Thomas'
'Marble Statue of the Poet Campbell by W. C. M. Marshall To Be Placed in Westminster'
" Sweet Summer Time " Drawn by Gavarni
' Cornwall ' - Small map
'The " Giants Punch Bowl " in St Agnes ' - Small engr
' Mandrill baboon in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park '
' Sniggling For Eels ' in the River Lee (Between Ware and Blackwall )
'Summer Residence of the Kara ... Family in Tambov - 1150 Versts From St Petersburgh ' a Russian Noble
' Chapel of the Consumption Hospital At Brompton '
' Ancient Doorway Discovered at Burton upon Trent '
' Ruins of Brambletye House Miel Sussex '
' Portable Crane Shower Bath '
Emigration of Distressed Needlewomen - ' Emigrant Needlewomen on Deck '
Emigration of Distressed Needlewomen - ' Emigrant Ship Between Decks '
Supplement
' State Dining Room at Buckingham Palace '
' Richmond Deeps ' - ' Teddington ' small engravings
' Stirrup of Queen Elizabeth '
' Silver Salver of 17th century Work '
The Late Insurrection in Ceylon - Kandy Sketched From Under Castle Hill '
Burning of the Aged High Priest of the Great Temple of Kandy '
' Toddy Drawer Ascendcing a Coconut Tree '
' Major Davy's Tree '
' The Commandant's Quarters at Matele '
Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) - ' Attack on the Warriapola Store '
Ceylon - ' Attempted Escape of a Prisoner at The Bridge Near Matele '
Ceylon - ' Kandian Chief, Father of Loco Banda '
Ceylon - ' Interior of a Court House in The Kandian Provinces '
' The Late R. J. Wyatt ' the death of the accomplished sculptor at Rome
' .." Tuning " Designed By the Late R. J. Wyatt '
'New Church on Mount Aboo in Rajpootana East Indies ' ( Rajputana now part of Rajasthan state )
' Marble Tomb of th ePrincess Sophia Just Erected in the Kensal Green Cemetery '
' Monument to Captain E. J. Brown of The Bengal Engineers Erected in Bursted Church Sussex ' who fell in the Scindian War
Also articles (no engravings) including
The Ceylon Inquiry
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament includes Business of the Session - Breach of Privilege - Sunday Post Office Regulations - The Chartist Land Scheme, A Scene Prevented
Country News
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton at Buckingham Palace
Metropolitan News includes Robberies in Places of Worship - Fatal Accident on the River - Wilful Destruction of the Ordnance Maps of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers - Births and Deaths with numbers of deaths from diseases such as Cholera Smallpox Hooping ( Whooping ) cough etc
Conflagration at Gravesend ( fire ) with a list of the owners and the properties burned down
Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:- The Right Hon Sir Lancelot Shadwell Vice Chancellor of England - - - Windham Henry Earl of Dunraven died at Adare Manor County Limerick - - - Job Walden Hanmer Esq died at his chambers, Lincolns Inn - - - The Hon Charles Ewan Law MP Recorder of London at his residence in Eaton Place
Railway Intelligence-
Eastern Counties Railway - Strike Among The Drivers Firemen &c
Chess
The Gorham Case
The Grand Industrian Exhibition
British Agriculture by Thomas Rowlandson
An arctic Newspaper The Nepaulese Ambassador
Fishing Excursions up the Thames
A Few Facts About Matrimony
General Willisen
August 24th
Ostend
Departure of Jenny Lind from Liverpool for America - HP
Railway viaduct over the Tweed , at Berwick - HP
A full page on a visit to the salt mines of cheshire - with 3 one third page engravings entitled individually :
The Marston salt pit
The shaft - Descent of the Bucket
Regent street, Marston pit
and on the reverse of this page a further image entitled : Evaporating house and salt pan
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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:
An educational experiment
The peace congress at Frankfort
Inundations in Belgium
Obituary of eminent persons recently deceased including :
Sir Edward Bowyer smith of Hill hall and Horham Essex
Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot of Apsley house Piccadilly
The dowager Lady Wenlock of Denbies
Sir Martin archer Shee of Brighton
The narrow escape from drowning of Mr Charles Barry Baldwin MP
Eight persons drowned near liverpool opposite Eastham including Eliza Walker , James and william spencer, W Blackie, John Youd, Nancy McFall, John Duncan, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard of Bell street
Roman catholic synod at Thurles in Tipperary
The rt Rev Francis Fulford
Fall of the Bricklayers arms railway station : Loss of Life
Jenny Lind's departure for america
Railway viaduct over the tweed at berwick
A Visit to the salt mines of Chester
a full page music score with words - Words by S N Elrington Jun and arrangement
by Professor sn=mith - entitled : The dark hair'd Gypsy of the sea
August 31st
price sixpence.
It features articles with prints from engravings including
September 7th
'The Royal Procession to Holyrood'
'His Royal Highness Prince Albert Laying The Foundation Stone of The National Gallery at Edinburgh'
'Chess' by Mr Staunton Miel '
'Funeral of Louis Philippe, ex King of The French: The Chapelle Ardente at Claremont' with black borders around the engraving
'Funeral of Louis Philippe: Entance to The Vault in The Chapel at Weybridge - Count de Paris, Duc de Nemours, Duc D'Aumale and Prince De Joinville' with black borders around the engraving
'Funeral of Louis Philippe, The Procession Leaving the Palace at Claremont' with black borders around the engraving and page
'The Warwick Race Plate, 1850'
'Lancaster Castle'
'Court and Haut Ton at Balmoral'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Peter Pole, Bart died in Welbeck Street - Joseph Bailey Esq of Easton Court MP for Herefordshire died in London - Sir Edward Alexander Campbell CB - M. Honore De Balzac a french novelist - The Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn DCI FSA of Llangedwin, MP for M9ontgomeryshire, The Father of the House of Commons'
September 14th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features articles with prints from engravings including
September 21st
'The French President Quitting the Squadron at Cherbourg'
'Aerial Navigation: M. Petin's Stysem of Aerial Navigation'
'Doncaster Races, The Road To The Course' - 'Doncaster Race Course'
Festivities At Chippenham 'The high Street, From The Bridge, Arrival of MR Neeld MP' - 'Opening of The Great Cheese MArket, At Chippenham, September 12, 1850., The Market Hall'
Cheese Making 'Revolving Curd Breaker' - 'Improved Lion Cheese Press and Cheshire Curd Cutter'
' 'Temporary Barrack at Ballater For The Queen's Guard of Honour'
'The Coronation Stone at Kingston upon Thames'
'Ruins of th Priory of Mount Grace, East Harsley, York' (small)
'New Church of St. Edward, At Romford, Consecrated on Thursday September 19th'
'Chancel of The New Church at Romford'
'New Corn Exchange at Ipswich'
'Chess'
'The Doncaster Race Cup 1850'
'Plan of the Improvements in Progress in St. James's Park'
Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'
'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory
at Weaver Street Spitalfields'
'Country News'
'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'
' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'
'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'
Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'
'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory at Weaver Street Spitalfields'
'Country News'
'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'
' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'
'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'
'Grand Explosion at Seaford Cliff'
September 28th
No. 448- vol. XVII.
October 5th
'General View of The Great Wall of china, From The Sea'
'Monumental Slabs at the Eastern Terminus' Wall of China
'Tower on The Great Wall' of China
'The Great Wall, seen From The Top of the Tower'
'Scene at The Grand Review at Versailles'
'Emigration to Australia, Farewell Group Meeting of the Familyh Colonisation Loan Society'
'Westminster Ragged School Children in Claydon Park'
'The Parsonage at Frimley'
'Town and Country Children drawn by Gavarni' with poetry
'Chess'
'Roman Remains Discoverd at Lymne, Kent '
'Flue Tiles, Quern and Other Roman Articles Found at Lymne'
'Launch of a 14 Year First Class Ship at Dundee'
'New Church At St Ann, In the Isle of Alderney '
'Mr Peter Borries Patent Safety Iron Twin Steamer'
'Great Tenant Right Meeting at Kilkenny'
'Wreck of The Superb as Seen Through a Telescope, From Jersey'
'Castle Garden, New York'
'The Tate Testimonial, Richmond, Yorkshire'
'Silver Inkstand, Presented to Lieut. Colonel Spnce'
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above ) including:
'The Government and The Public Health'
'Pheasant Shooting neaqr Tunbridge'
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'Foreign and Colonial News'
'Arctic Expedition, The Fate of Sir John Franklin'
'Metropolitan News'
'Tremendous Conflagration a Fire at Little Guildford Street and Templars Cottages'
'Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod'
'The Court'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Chandos, Lord Leigh of Adlestrop County Oxford died at Bonn on the Rhine - Gustavus Lambart Esq of Beau Parc, County Meath'
'Country News includes Howden Yorkshire, Great orse Fair - Great Sale at Yanwith
Hall'
October 12th
'The Worester Diocesan Training School at Saltley near Birmingham'
'Orphan House, Ashley Down, Near Bristol '
'Minster Lovel, Oxon' The new estate of eighty two cottages, a view taken from the Oxford and Cheltenham Road at the west end of the crescent
'The Owner of the Vineyard Paying His Labourers painted by Rembrandt'
'Harp of Mary Queen of Scots'
'Plan of Cape Riley'
'Cape Riley, At The Entrance of Wellington Channel, Barrow's Straits and Remains of Encampment'
'Grisly Bears, in the Gardens of The Zoological Society, Regents Parkl'
'M. Hassenpflug, Minister of Justice and Finance of the Electorate of Hesse Cassel'
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Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes John Fane Esq of Wormesley,
County Oxford - Sir William Pilkington, Bart - Sir William Pilkington, Bart
died at his seat Chevet Park near Wakefield - Sir henry Thomas Oakes, Bart at
Londonderry in Ireland'
'Country News'
'Great Sale of articles at Coleby in Lincs by Messrs Farebrother Clarke and Lye
'Violent Storm and Loss of Life'
October 19th
'Surprise of Holstein Patrol' The War
'Saint Hubert, Painted By Albert Durer' - 'Dead Christ, Painted by Caracci' - 'The Death of The Virgin painted by Martin Schon' - 'Christ giving The keys to St Peter Painted by Rubens'
'Robert Stephenson Esq MP for Whitby'
'St Lawrence Church, Barton'
'Church of The Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Consecrated on Tuesday Last'
'Chancel of Trinity Church, Haverstock Hill'
'St Martins Northern Schools, Castle Street, Long Acre, Opened on Thursday Last'
'Regalia of Scotland: Crown Sceptre, Sword and Lord Treasurers Rofdd' - 'Jewel of St Andrew' - 'The George'
'Part of Holyrood Palace and Abbey'
'Path of the New Planet Victoria Amongst The Stars'
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Also articles (no engravings) including:
'A New Reform Movement of Politicians'
'Wills of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes The Right Hon. Chjarles Ewan Law, Recorder for London - The Late Right Hon. Charles Watkyn Williams Wynn MP'
'Foreign and Colonial News'
'The Liverpool Plate Robberies'
'The New County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch
'Sussex and Surrey P
Police, The Frimley Murder'
'Extraordinary Attempt to Rob and Murder buy Means of Chloroform'
'Burglary and Desperate Attempt at Murder at Birmingham by Christopher Heely, william Wallace, George Green, Henry Jones and Henry Thomson a London Gang'
'Burglary, A Rober Shot, William Dyson near Regents Park'
'The Frimley Murders, Confession of One of The Prisoners' The murder of The Rev. G. E. Hollest near Guildford
October 26th
'School Fete at Codrington College, Barbados'
'National Concert at Her Majesty;s Theatre'
'New Cattle Market, Reading'
'Mayoralty Chain for the Corporation of Carlisle'
'St Marys Church, West Brompton, Consecrated on Tuesday'
'Prize Rabbits at The Rochester and Chatham Show'
'Colossal Prize Bride Cake Exhibited at The Albany State Fair'
'Colonel Von Der Tann, Chief of The Staff of General Willisen'
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Also articles (no engravings) including 'Right of Way in The Wilderness'
'Foreign and Colonial News'
'Final Opening of The Britannia Bridge' Anglesey
'The Late Robbery in The Strand' at the firm of Messrs Williams and Clapham, Jewellers by a Charles Kelly
'Country News'
the Chess Congress of 1851'
'The Burglary at Mr Holfords in The Regents Park ' by William Dyson'
'Extensive Robbery of Jewellery in The Strand from the House of Messrs Clapham and Williams, Silversmith and Jewellers near the Craven Hotel'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes John Thomas, Lord Stanley of Alderley at Alderley Park, Cheshire - Lord William Beresford next brother and heir presumptive of the Marquis of Waterford, died in Regents Park Barracks age 38 - Major General Sir Ephraim George Stannus - The Rev,. George Thackeray DD FLS Provost of KIngs College, Cambridge died at his residence Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square - The Right Hon. Sir William Henry Fremantle GCH died at his seat Hally Grove, Windsor Park'
It is in good condition. The spine is loose where once bound with other issues. The corner edge is a little worn
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Also articles (no engravings) including:
Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'
'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory at Weaver Street Spitalfields'
'Country News'
'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'
' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'
'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'
'Grand Explosion at Seaford Cliff'
November 2nd
'The State House Ohio' 'Glen Tilt, near The Marble Lodge'
'Chess'
'Tercentenary Anniversary of Kings School, Sherborne'
'Fashions: Walking Dress, Male and Female etc'
'The Late Duke of Palmella'
'Scene from "Serve Him Right" at the Lyceum Theatre'
Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News'
'The Bishop of London on the Re Organisation of The Roman Catholic Hierachy
in England'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes Major General Sir Patrick Ross, The Governor of St Helena - Emily Harriot, Dowager Lady Suffield at Blickling Hall Norfolk - Sir William Wrixon Becher of Balygiblin - William Blacker Esq of Armagh - Thomas Richardson Esq of Castle Eden County Durham - The Right Rev. John Inglis DD Bishop of Nova Scotia died at Curzon Street Mayfair'
'Court and Haut Ton at Osborne'
'Country News'
'The Late Jewel Robbery in The Strand from the shop of Messrs Williams and Clapham 13 & 14 The Strand'
'Recent Burglary at The Regents Park, at the premises of James Holford Esq, Holford House, Regents Park'
'The New Lord Mayors Show 1850' Double page
'Chess'
'Fireworks at The Merchant Seamens Orphan Asylum, Bow Road, on Tuesday'
'Catesy Hall, Gateway Ashby St Leger'
'The Ortlan'
'Launch of HM Steam Frigate Leopard at Deptford, on Tuesday'
'National Concerts at Her Majesty;s Theatre, The Berlin Choir' - 'Herr Neithhardt'
'Mr Westland Marstons NEw Play of Philip of France and Marie de Meranie at The Olympic Theatre'
'Miss Goddard'
Also articles (no engravings) including
'The Papal Agression'
' 'Foreign and Colonial News'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes George Augustus Henry
Anne Parkyns, Lord Rancliffe died at his Seat Bunny Park Nottinghamshire - Richard
Edwards Esq of Roby Hall, County of Lancaster '
'The Court and Haut Ton, The Court at Windosr Castle'
'The Fifth of November
November 16th
The new Victoria regia house exterior
Sash bar machine
Old mode of Glazing
The Ridge and furrow roof
The new victoria regia house interior
Paxton's gutter
The Building in Hyde park for the great exhibition of 1851 - General view of the works looking East - FP
Reid's patent vertical power loom - interior section and : end view - 2 small drawings
The Building in Hyde park - 2 further Full page drawings showing general views of the works progress
The Buildings in Hyde park - Glazing the roof - Base of column - Drilling Machine - Punching machine ( there is a tear in this last image)
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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:
Explosion and extensive loss of life at the Houghton pit near Newbottle Durham
Blowing up of a Turkish 3 decker
Fowler's new plough
The great exhibition of 1851
The movement against the papal aggression
The Roman catholic view of the papal aggression
Jetty Treffz or Henriette de Th****d (that's how they printed it - maybe the name was a secret)
Obituary of eminent persons recently deceased including : Lady Carden of Nuor
appleton hall York : Lt Col Francis Andrews Daniell of Daresbury chester : Henry
D'Esterre Hemsworth of Shropham hall Norfolk : Will of Thomas Thistlewayte Deputy
Lt for Hampshire
November 23rd
Paying the workmen
The sash bar machine for the great exhibition building in Hyde Park- HP
Silver candelabra for the crown prince of Sweden - SHP
Woodcock shooting - HP ( by H Weir )
Herd of reindeer in the gardens of ther zoological society regents park - SHP
Winter exhibition of modern British art - Pilot boat going out - Painted by E Duncan - HP
Ruins of the great fire at Bermondsey - SHP
Bakewell's copying electric telegraph
Sketch and autograph copied by bakewell's electric telegraph
M Jullien's concert at Drury lane theatre - The Corps de Tambour - HP
Sketch from the new drama ' Jessie Gray ' at the Adelphi theatre
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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:
The Papal vindication
The west Indies
Total loss of the emperor's steam yacht
India and China
Obituary of eminent persons :
Sir Lumley Skeffington of Skeffington hall Leinster
Alexander Raphael of Surbiton
Sir Phineas Riall of Paris
The countess of Balcarres and crawford of Haigh hall near wigan lancashire
North Surrey district school, Penge, Near Norwood
Great Industrial exhibition of 1851
The court at Windsor Castle
Oriental Diorama
Woodcock shooting
The Papal Aggression - meetings
Jenny Lind in the United states
Destructive fire at Bermondsey
Ingenious voting machine
The copying electric telegraph
Sadler's wells
Grand national concerts
November 30th
An eight page issue price sixpence.
It features many prints from engravings including
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