Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• British Troops defeated by Transvaal Boers at Majuba Hill
• The Treaty of Pretoria reconises an independent Transvaal
• President Garfield assassinated and succeeeded by Chester Arthur
• St Gotthard Tunnel completed
• Total abolition of flogging in the British Army and Navy
• The Natural History Museum opens in South Kensington, London
• Dostoevsky dies aged, 60
• The American Franklin Search Expedition. This expedition is frequently reported in this volume, with many illustrations.
• Irish Land League
• Storms on the Thames
• The War in Transvaal.
• The Panama Canal
• Assasination of the Emperor of Russia, and subsequent trial.
• The National Fisheries Exhibition at Norwich
  The Late Lord Beaconsfield.
  The French Expediton to Tunis.
  Illtreatment of Jews in Russia.
  The Centenary of George Stephenson, the Father of Raliways. Many superb plates, including a double page of the Mersey Tunnel construction.

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The War in Transvaal 1881



Mr. S.J. Kruger - Mr.P.J. Joubert

The Frozen Mersey 1881

The Royal Institution Lectures

January to June (engravings)

• The New Year drawn by A. E. Emelie,
• Preparing for the Pantomime,
• Subsistence of Land at the Northwich Salt Mines,
• The Franklin Search Expedition (many including some 2 page - Reindeer Hunting in Kayaks, Starvation Code, ),
• Irish Land League Trials in Dublin - The Traversers Leaving the Court,
• Sketches of Irish Characters in Dublin,
• The Irish Land League - Mr Boyton Buring the Duke of Leinsters Leases,
• Irish Land League Trials in Dublin (2 page),
• Twelfth Night Characters (2 page),
• HMS Inflexible at Portsmouth,
• Basuto War in South Africa (many),
• Vitit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Normanton Park Rutlandshire,
• Midnight Sun Meeting With the Netchillik Esquimax (2 page),
• Gillenwich Observatory - Photographing the Temperature,
• Disturbed Ireland- A View From Rory of the Hills (2 page),
• Fancy Dress Ball at the Brookwood Surrey Lunatic Asylum (cartoons),
• Commencement of the Hull Barnsley and West Riding Railway and Dock (several),
• Chester Cathedral (2 page),
• Sketches in London and the Suburbs During the Snowstorm (several),
• A Jewish Wedding - Marriage of Mr. Leopold de Rothschild and Mdle Marie Perugia,
• Skating on the Serpentine by Searchlight,
• The Storm at Dover,
• The Great Snowstorm - A Train Blocked in the Snow (2 page),
• The Pitiless Storm (2 page of ship in storm at sea),
• The War in the Transvaal - The Boer’s Method of Fighting,
• Mayor’s Juvenile Ball at the Townhall in Manchester,
• Scenes on the Frozen Thames,
• The War in South America - Lima the Capital of Peru Captured by the Chilian Army (half page),
• Sketches of the Fancy Dress Ball in Liverpool (2 page),
• Sketches at Liverpool During the Frost,
• Disturbed Parliament, Domestic Theatricals,
• The Late Thomas Carlyle (2 portraits plus others),
• A Cruise of Naval Volunteers Trip to Norway,
• Basuto War in South Africa - Departure of Burghers From Oudtshoorn for the Front (2 page),
• How the Boers Become Good Marksmen,
• Out With the Stagshounds - Capture of the Deer,
• Marriage of Baroness Burdett Coutts and Mr. W. Ashmead-Bartlett,
• Skulling Race on Monday Last for the Championship of the World (half page),
• Departure of a Cunard Steam Ship From Liverpool (2 page),
• Meeting at Stafford House to Protest Against the Change in the Tartans of the Highland Regiments,
• Sketches Among the Irish Peasantry,
• A Government Inspector Visiting a Factory,
• The Royal Marriage at Berlin (many including 2 page and full page portraits of Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein),
• Victor Hugo portrait,
• The Coursing Meeting at Altcar Near Liverpool (2 page),
• The 92 nd Gordon Highlanders Skirmishing,
• Map of the Transvaal Border Between Newcastle and Wakkerstroom (half page),
• Fatal Disaster at the Art Students Masquerade in Munich (fire),
• The War in the Transvaal (many),
• The Cart Horse Show at the Agricultural Hall,
• Casamicciola Isle of Ischia the Scene of the Earthquake (many),
• Drawing Lots for the Strangers Gallery House of Commons,
• Views on the Route of the Panama Canal,
• Consecration of the Bishop Patteson Memorial Church Norfolk Island,
• Officers Killed in the Transvaal,
• With the Royal Princes on Board the Royal Squadron (2 page),
• The Late Alexander the Emperor of Russia,
• The Winter Palace St. Petersburg (half page),
• Russian Political Prisoners at a Railway Station (half page),
• The Transvaal War - Repulse of Sir G. Colley’s First Attack at Laing’s Neck,
• An Eviction in the West of Ireland (2 page),
• Memorial Service for the Late Emperor of Russia in the Greek Church,
• Alexander III The New Emperor of Russia,
• Prisoners Charged With Shooting Mr. Hearn at Ballinrobe Brought Before Him for Identification,
• The Panama Canal - Arrival of the Engineers,
• The Grosvenor Gallery Library,
• Arrival of the New Emperor and Empress of Russia at the Winter Palace St. Petersburg (2 page),
• Transvaal War,
• The Late Emperor Alexander After His Death (lying in state in uniform),
• Funeral of the Emperor of Russia (many),
• Burning of the Municipal Theatre at Nice,
• Departure of Irish Immigrants,
• The Late Emperor of Russia Lying in State (2 page),
• Assassination of Alexander II - Sketch Showing Exactly How the Emperor Was Attacked,
• On the Slope of Laing’s Neck (2 page vertical),
• The State of Ireland - Searching for Arms,
• The Oxford Crew,
• The Cambridge Crew,
• Sketches in St. Petersburg,
• Reopening of Exeter Hall by the Young Men’s Christian Association,
• The Electric Light at the Mansion House (half page),
• Headquarters of the 97th Under Colonel Browne Holding Birggarsberg Neck,
• General Sir G. P. Colleys Camp at Prospect Hill - View From the Heliograph Station on the Hill Above Fort Amiel,
• The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - People Who Always See the Race (2 page),
• Difficulties of Traveling in South Africa,
• The Great Refracting Telescope Constructed at Dublin For the Vienna Observatory,
• Chios Where the Great Earthquake Took Place,
• The Volunteer Review - Departure of the Artists Corps From Victoria Railway Station,
• The Conspiracies in St. Petersburg (several),
• Melting the Metal for the Bronze Sphinx to be Place on the Thames Embankment (half page),
• The Elections in the Isle of Man - Fishermen’s Cottages,
• Shooting Waterfowl on Lake Mirabella Africa,
• Boiling and Testing Opium in China (half page),
• Fire at Lanhydrock House the Seat of Lord Robarties Near Bodmin (2 page),
• Assassination of the Late Emperor of Russia - The Condemned Prisoners,
• The Brighton Volunteer Review (several),
• National Fisheries Exhibition in Norwich,
• The Late Lord Beaconsfield - Disraeli - portrait plus many engravings of his life and his funeral,
• The Far West of America - Sketches in the Dakotah Territory,
• The Scene as the Last of Our Men Retreated From Majuba Hill,
• The Transvaal War - Sketch Plan of the Battle of Majuba Hill,
• Lord Beaconsfield in His Library at Hughenden (2 page),
• The Associates of the Royal Academy,
• The Conspiracies of St. Petersburg - The Nihilists on the Scaffold,
• Marriage of Lord Brooke and Miss Maynard at Westminster Abbey,
• The French Expedition to Tunis (many),
• The State of Ireland - Tilling the Land of an Imprisoned Land Leaguer,
• A Village Holiday (2 page),
• Isle of Man Sketches,
• The Transvaal War - President Brand Arriving at Laing’s Neck with the Announcement of Peace (2 page),
• Irish Land League Agitation - Mr. Walter Burke Serving Writs on His Tenants (half page),
• Sketches of Pictures in the Paris Salon (2 page vertical),
• Marriage of English in Chinese Dress at Pekin (half page),
• The Imperial Wedding at Vienna - Princess Stephanie of Belgium Receiving Bridal Gifts from the Women of Salzburg (women holding a spinning wheel),
• The Irish Land League Agitation - Attack on a Process Server,
• The French Expedition to Tunis - Goums Reconnoitring Attacked by Khroumirs,
• The Imperial Wedding at Vienna (several including 2 page),
• Palace of the Maharajah of Mysore India,
• The Maharajah of Mysore in his Childhood (half page),
• French Occupation of Tunis,
• Chichester Cathedral (2 page),
• Sketches Near Leadville Colorado,
• Matting Weavers,
• Native Loom at Manganya East Central Africa (half page),
• Out With the Berkshire Yeomanry,
• Peel and Peel Castle Isle of Man,
• Scene From Julius Caesar as Performed at Drury Lane Theatre by the Saxe Meiningen Court Company,
• Sketches From Othello at the Lyceum Theatre,
• Derby Day Sketches (2 page),
• Ill Treatment of the Jews in Russia,
• The Centenary of George Stephenson the Father of Railways (special section - many illustrations),
• Coronation of the King and Queen of Romania at Bucharest,
• Some of the Costumes in Ye Olde English Fayre at the Albert Hall (2 page plus several others),
• The Bath and West of England Agricultural Show,
• The Mersey Railway Tunnel - Plan and Section and Works in Progress (2 page),
• The Land League Agitation in Ireland - Sheriff’s Sale of Cattle to Pay Rent (2 page),
• The Duke of Albany Prince Leopold,
• Sketches at an Irish Cattle Fair,
• A Japanese Archery House in Eddo (half page),
• HMS Polyphemus New Torpedo Ram,
• Sketches of Pictures in the Royal Academy Exhibition,
• Sketches in South Africa,
• The Late War in South Africa - Sick and Wounded Prisoners Returning Down Country (2 page)

February 12th

A ten page issue price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Disturbed Parliament- The Home Rulers stood up, and for some time, with raised hands, shouted 'Privilege!' (front page also an inset of Michael Davitt ),
• 'Domestic Theatricals' (full page),
• 'The Late Colonel B. M. Deane killed at Langs Neck Pass in the Transvaal War',
• 'The Late Mrs. S. C. Hall a writer',
• 'The Late Thomas Carlyle' (Interesting article),
• 'The Morn of Valentine' (wonderful full page),
• 'Sir Edward Burrowes Sinclair MD',
• 'Mr. Andrew Russell Forsyth, Senior Wrangler',
• 'Mr. James Cropper MP for Kendal',
• 'The Leone Di Capere' (small),
• 'A Basuto Scout', 'A Basuto Out For a Walk', 'The Residency, Maseru, Basutoland', 'Litlasa's Cave, Near Maseru, Basutoland',
• 'A Cruise of Naval Volunteers: Trip to Norway' (full page),
• 'The Basuto War In South Africa: Departure of Burghers From Oudtshoorn for The Front, from a photograph By J. and H. Pocock of Oudtshoorn' (double page).
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Echoes of the Week',
• 'The Silent Member',
• 'Home News', 'National Sports',
• 'In The Highlands',
• 'Wills and Bequests',
• 'Obituary includes The Right Hon. John Benn - Walsh, Lord Ormathwaite died at Warfield Park Bracknell - Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell at Hyeres in the South of France - Sir William Henry Watson Parker KCMG JP for Surrey died at Stawell House, Richmond, Surrey - Major Fairfax William Cartwright MP at 7, New Burlington Street

March 5th

A twelve page issue price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• The 92nd ( Gordon ) Highlanders Skirmishing' (front page),
• 'Captain J. M. Elliot, 94th Regiment, killed in the Transvaal',
• 'The Late #Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell KCMG',
• 'Wreck and Burning of a Barque in Mounts Bay, Cornwall',
• 'Wreck of the Mail Packet Caledonia at St Heliers',
• 'Sir James Risdon Bennett MD, President of The Royal College of Physicians',
• 'The Late Mr John Gould FRS',
• 'Fatal Disaster at The Art Students Masquerade in Munich - Burning to Death at a Masquerade Ball',
• 'General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCSI, Killed at Majuba Hill, Laing's Nek on Sunday Last',
• 'The War in The Transvaal: A Boer Outpost',
• 'The Royal Marriage at Berlin: Prince Frederick William of Prussia - Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein' (double page),
• 'The War in The Transvaal - Attack on English Vedettes by The Boers' (full page),
• 'General Sir Evelyn Wood, KCB Comanding in the Transvaal War',
• 'Destruction of The Peruvian Fleet by the Peruvians before Evacuating Callao',
• 'The Royal Marriage at Berlin: State Entry of The Bride into Berlin , The Procession Passing the Brandenburg Gate' (full page), 'Wedding Medal for the Royal Marriage at Berlin', 'Silver Dressing Table Articles Presented by Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein',
• 'Royal Marriage at Berlin: The Wedding Ceremony in The Chapel of the Schloss' (double Page),
• 'Wedding Festivities at Berlin: Costume Quadrille Danced Before the Emperor and Empress' (full page).
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Echoes of the Week', 'Music', 'Home News
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes 'The Hon. George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley at Longfleet, Poole, - The Rev. Sir George William Craufurd died at Pau, - Sir George William Denys at his seat Draycott Hall near Richmond, Yorkshire, - Sir George Pomeroy Pomeroy-Colley fell in command of a British force against the Boers, - Mr Maurice Fitz-Gibbon "Mac-an-t'sen Riddery at Crohana near Stonyford County Kilkenny, - Mr Caleb Powell at Clonshavoy, Mr Alexander Smollett at Cameron House ~Bonhill Dumbartonshire', adverts of the day an- d much more. It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").It is in good condition with some and age yellowing. The spine is loose where once bound with other

March 19th

• The Late Alexander II, Emperor of Russia - full front page
  The Winter Palace St Petersburg, Where the Late Emperor Died on Sunday last - large half page
• Alexander II the New Emperor of Russia - half page
• Russian Political Prisoners at a railway station - half page
• Entrance to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg - full page

The Corean (Korean) ambassadors returning on board the Japanese steamer Sakasago Masu - half page ( drawn by Mr Joseph Bell)

Part of Casamicciola, Isle of Ischia, After the Earthquake - half page

The Late Mr James Spedding

The Late Surgeon Landon, killed at majuba Hill

The late Sir Henry Jackson Bart QC MP

Skeldergate Bridge York

A double page entitled The transvaal War : Repulse of Sir G Colley's first attack at laing's Neck, January 28 - subtitled ' founded upon Sir G Colley's sketch plan of the action - The drawing shows the positions ( listed at the foot of the engraving ) of the various elements of the engagement incuding the Boers, 60th Rifles, 58th regiment, High Table Hill, Troops under Major Brownlow, The Naval Brigade with rockets and more

Sketches in the lobby of the house of commons - Drawn by Harry Furniss - Full page ( unfortunately the page containing the description of the characters portrayed is missing)

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Also articles (no engravings, unless previously mentioned ) including :-
The Transvaal War

Corean ambassadors to Japan

a small article on a football match between England and Scotland ( England 0 - Scotland 6 )

Officers killed in the Transvaal

Obituaries including :- John Baron Hanmer of Hanmer and Flint - Sir Henry mather Jackson of Llantilio Court Monmouthshire - Sir John Cracroft Wilson of Christchurch NZ - James Dundas of Dundas

Royal institution lectures including :- Rev William Houghton on origin of Cuneiform - Professor Schafer on the serum of the blood - Mr Shelford Bidwell on Selenium and the photophone - Mr ReginaldStuart Poole on Egyptian Science and Art -

Weather Lore of the Moon

Wills and bequests mentioning surnames of :- Handley of Newark, Booth of Effingham lodge and Gray's inn - Harrison of Maida Vale - Brodie of Brockham Warren - Dalton of Queen Anne's mansions - L'anson of Norton E Yorks - Tobin of Ballincollig - Stonor of Grosvenor Square

March 26th

• Memorial service for the late Emperor of Russia in the Greek Church, Moscow Road, Bayswater - Front page, almost full page
  In Front of the Kazan Cathedral, St Petersburg : People running to the spot where the Emperor was murdered - Full page
• Alexander II - The new Emperor of Russia ( from a Photograph by messrs Maull and Fox - near full page
• The new Empress of Russia
• The Citadel Church, St Petersburg, Where the late Emperor's body lay in state - Half page

Arrival of the New Emperor and Empress of Russia at the Winter Palace, St Petersburgh - Large Double page, blank backed pull out

Prisoners charged with shooting Mr Hearn at ballinrobe, MayoBrought before him for identification - full page

Sketches at the Prince of wales theatre - full page of several sketches entitled - Mr and Mrs Forrester, Basil Giorgione, Lady Tompkins, Nellie - How they make me dress!, Mrs Blyth and the Colonel, Lambert Streyke, ( sketches from The Colonel and In Honour Bound - drawn by Harry Furniss)

Almost full page of Sketches entitled : The Earthquake at Casamicciola, Island of Ischia - individually entitled :- Searching for the bodies of the dead - Spezieria and Santa Barbara Street - Carrying away the dead - In the ruins of the church of the Purgatorio

Recess in which the powder was placed ( attempt to blow up the Mansion House - Church passage leading to Walbrook)

A double page consisting of a half page double width panorama entitled The Transvaal War : Sir GeorgeColley's Staff before Laing's Neck, January 28 , 2 portraits : Colonel Redvers Buller VC CB and Major general E Newdigate CB, and a half page scene entitled : Covering the retreat of the 58th Regiment after the repulse at Laing's Neck

A full page of sketches inside The Grosvenor Gallery Library, New Bond Street - 4 pictures entitled : Circulating Library - Large reading room - Large Dining and Luncheon room - Reference Library and reading room

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Also articles (no engravings, unless previously mentioned ) including :-
The Playhouses mostly concerning Mr Edwin Booth

Music - a new dramatic cantata by Gadsby

Peace with the Transvaal

The Irish Land League Outrage

The Silent Member

Sketches at the Prince of Wales

Royal National Lifeboat institution ( AGM)

Attempt to blow up the Mansion House

Royal Institution Lectures including Prof Schafer on Coagulation of blood - Mr H Statham on principles of Ornament - Dr W H Stone on Musical Pitch and its determination -

American Humour - Washington Irving

The Census of 1881

Obituaries including :- Rt Hon Henry William Gordon Cornwallis Elliot Earl of St germans - Lady Mildred Beresford-Hope - General bainbridge

Wills and bequests mentioning the following :- Sir Henry Watson parker of East Sheen - Mr William Moore Bell - Rev Josiah Gardiner Webster of 61 Clifton road brighton - Mr Robert Gibbon of Southsea - Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell - Major fairfax William Cartwright of No 7 New Burlington Street - Rt Hon ? Harriot, Lady Suffield

April 9th

• The Transvaal War: General Sir G. P. Colley's Camp at Prospect Hill - View from the Heliograph Station on the Hill Above Fort Amiel, Newcastle4 From a Facsimile of a Sketch by Mr Melton Prior '
• ' Head Quarters of the 97th Under Colonel C. H. Browne Holding Biggarsberg Neck '
• ' The Transvaal War: Capsizing of the Font on the Incangua River, Near Newcastle ' Full page engraving
• 'The Volunteer Review: Departure of the Artists Corps From Victoria Railway Station ' Full page ' The Late Lieutenant Maurice O'Connell of Lake View, Killarney Miel County Kerry
• ' The Transvaal war - View of Newcastle from Fort Terror '

' Conspiracies in St Petersburg - The Late Emperors Carriage Shattered by The Explosion of the First Bomb Shell '

St Petersburg ' Searching for Mines in Front of the Winter Palace '

' The Mercers Companys New Buildings, Cheapside '

' Melting The Metal for the Bronze Sphinx to Be Placed on the Thames Embankment '

' M. Erckmann '

' M. Chatrian '

' Farnborough Hill House, Hants, The New Residence of the Empress Eugenie '

' The New Cunard Steam Ship Servia '

' Boiling and Testing Opium in China '

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :- Obituary includes Admiral James Wigston of Bitterne Hall, Southampton died at Southsea - - - The Hon and Rev Frederick De Grey JP for Suffolk and Rector of Copdock Suffolk - - - Mr Granville Robert Henry Somerset QC died at his residence Queen Annes Gate - - - Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson died at 15 Arlington Street Piccadilly
Deaths include Mr John Vere of Carlton on Trent - Laldy Blanche Murphy - The Rebv Dr Bateson of St Johns College Cambridge - Augusta Maria, Dowager Countess of Carysfort

Parisian Sayings and Doings by JC

Music

Foreign and Colonial News - Italy - Spain - Germany - Austria Hungary - India

The Court at Windsor etc

The Silent Member

Obituary includes Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton of Oulton Cheshire - - - Sir Gholam Hussein Khan

Wills and Bequests includes Mr Henry Rogers late of Leadenhall Street, Merchat of Wolverhampton and of Fairholme, Outlands Surrey - - - Mr Charles Harrison late of 3 Bryanston Square - - - Mr Henry Reed late of Mount Pleasant in Tasmania - - - Mr Alfred Elmore RA late of 1 St Albans Road, Victoria Road Kensington - - - Sir Richard Courtenay Musgrave late of Edenhall, Cumberland - - -Mr Joseph Hawkins late of Newsham House, Newsham adn of Preston Lancashire - - - Mr Ebenezer Robert Le Mare late of Hazelwood, Clevedon Somerset Ilst - - - Mr John Bridges late of 52 Anerley Park, Anerley - - - Mrs Lavinia Legassicke Hicks formerly of Rodney House, Ladbroke Grove Road Nottingh Hill and 2 Surrendale Place, Sutherland Gardens

April 16th

April 23rd

• Assassination of the Late Emperor of Russia: The Condemned Prisoners - Timothy Michaeloff - Hessy Helfmann - Peroffskaya - Reesakoff - Sheliaboff - Kibaltchik - Miel - The President and Prisoners Property ' Front page
• ' The Transvaal War: Meeting of Sir Evelyn Wood adn Commandant Joubert to Arrange The Armistice, March 9 ' Full page engraving ' The Brighton Volunteer Review: Middlesex Corps in Steyne Gardens ' Full page
• ' The Late Right Hon. The Earl of Beaconsfield KG ' Full page engraving

' Mr Disraeli at The Bucks Election 1847 '

' Hughenden Manor High Wycombe The Seat of Lord Beaconsfield '

' Mr Disraeli Addressing The House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1867 '

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Echoes of the Week

The Illustrated London News Editorial

Parisian Sayings and Doings by JC

The Court at Osborne etc

The Assassins of Alexander II

Music

Foreign and Colonial News - Italy - Germany - Austria Hungary - Russia - Turkey - Greece

The State of Ireland

The Late Lord Beaconsfield

Obituary includes The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden died at his residence 19 Curzon Street - - - Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen third Baronet of Redenham Hampshire died at Clifton - - - The Right Hon. Juliana, Baroness Robartes from the effects of the shock to her system by burning, died at Llanhydrock - - - Denis Caulfeild Heron Third Queens Serjeant died suddenly of an attack of apoplexy while salmon fishing at Galway

Deaths include Lady Buller - Mr Reginald George Hanbury of Blythwood Maidenhead - Rev William Morley Punshon DD in Canada - Miss JAne Bewick eldest daughter of Thomas Bewick died aged 94 - and more

Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. Frederick Mason, Baron Ashtown late of Woodlawn, Galway - - - TheRight Hon. George Maule Ramsay Earl of Dalhousie - - - Mr William Oliver Jackson late of Ahanesk co. Cork Ilst - - - Mr JAmes Hunard late of Lexden Essex - - - Mr John William Marshall late of 32 St Georges Road Eccleston Square and of Patterdale Hall Westmorland - - - Mr Robert Prowett formerly of Spring Gardens andof Berkeley Square but Late of Park Gates, The Green Richmond - - - Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester late of Arlington Court, Devon - - - Mr Francis Trevelyan Buckland late of 37 Albany Street Regents Park - - - James St Clair, Baron Sinclair of Herdmanston Haddingtonshire

Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde

April 30th

• Hughenden Church With The Grave of Lord Beaconsfield ' Front page
• ' The Room in Which Lord Beaconsfield Died, Back Drawing Room at 19 Curzon Street In Which He Usually Transacted Business ' Front page
• ' Lord Beaconsfield At Church '
• ' The Porch, Hughenden Lodge: Lord Beaconsfield Reading His Letters '

' Monument in Hughenden Park to the Memory of Isaac Disraeli and Viscountess Beaconsfield - - - Lodge Gate Hughenden - - - The Vicarage Hughenden '

' Funeral of Lord Beaconsfield At Hughenden Church, High Wycombe ' Full page engraving

' Lord Beaconsfield in His Library at Hughenden ' Double page engraving

' Lord Beaconsfields House at 19 Curzon Street, Mayfair Where he Died '

' The Late Lieutenant Trower RN '

' The Late Lieutenant R. H. Elwes Grenadier Guards '

' New Associates of the Royal academy - Mr A. C. Gow ARA - Mr Frank Dicksee ARA Miel - Mr Hamo Thornycroft ARA - The Late Mr W. Burghes ARA ' Full page

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Echoes of the Week

The Illustrated London News Editorial

Parisian Sayings and Doings by JC

Music

Foreign and Colonial News - Italy - Spain - Portugal - Holland - Germany - Austria Hungary - Turkey - Greece - America - South AFrica - India

The Silent Member

May 7th

• 'Marriage of Lord Brooke and Miss Maynard at Westminster Abbey ' Front page
• ' The Late Emile De Girardin '
• ' The Late Mr Edward Miall '
• ' Surrey Chapel Blackfriars Road ( Rowland Hill's Chapel ) '
• ' The French Expedition to Tunis - Outpost of Irregulars ' Tunisia - The Island and Fort of Tabarka ' Tunisia - Fort on the Mainland Opposite Tabarka ' Tunisia - Outpost of Chasseurs D'Afrique Watching The Signal Fires of the Khroumirs ' Full page engraving of Tunisia
• ' the State of Ireland - Tilling The Farm of an Imprisoned Land Leaguer ' Full page engraving

' The Right Hon. Lord Carlingford The New privy Seal '

' The Rev. Dr. Jellett Provost of Trinity college Dublin '

' Commemoration of the Eightieth Birthday of the Earl of Shaftesbury at Guildhall '

' An Old Time Melody ' a victorian lady playing the piano. Full page engraving with a blank reverse

' Archduke Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria '

' Princess Stephanie of Belgium '

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Echoes of the Week

The Illustrated London News Editorial

Parisian Sayings and Doings by JC

The Playhouses

Music - The Italian Opera with reference to Madame Albani, Madame Sembrich and more

Foreign and Colonial News - Italy - Spain - Germany - Austria Hungary - Russia - Turkey - Canada - South AFrica

The Paris Salon

The Irish Land League

The Silent Member

Royal Institution Lectures - Hydrogen by Professor Dewar FRS - Magnetism by Professor Tyndall - Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands by Professor J. Stuart Blackie - Early Scottish Literature by Professor Henry Morley

May 14th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many prints from engravings including

• 'HMS Doterel, Lately Blown Up in The Strait of Magellan' (front page),
• 'Consecrating The Memorial Chapel on The Spot where the Late Emperor of Russia was Killed' (front page),
• 'The Transvaal War: Signing the Terms of Peace with The Boers at O'Neil's Farm, Near Prospect Hill Camp, March 21 - Swart Dirk Uys, Lieut. Hamilton, Major Clark, Mr. S. Paul Kruger, Major Fraser, Mr. J. P. Joubert, Captain Cropper, Captain Roberts, Commandant Smidt, President Brand, General Sir Evelyn Wood',
• 'Thanksgiving Service in The Boer Camp after The Signing of The Treaty of Peace',
• 'Transvaal War: General Sir George Colley at The Battle of Majuba Mountain Just Before He Was Killed', 'Plan of The Top of Majuba Mountain, with Positions Referred to in the Report of Major Fraser, R. E.', 'Transvaal: President Brand Arriving at Laing's Neck witrh The Anouncement of Peace' (double page), 'Transvaal: Hoisting The Republican Flag in The Boer Camp After the Declaration of Peace', 'Boers and Their Wives Waiting the Arrival of Sir Evelyn Wod After The Declaration of Peace',
• 'M. Coumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece',
• 'The Irish Land League Agitation: Mr. Walter Burke Serving Writs on his Tenants',
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Echoes of The Week',
• 'National Sports',
• 'The Playhouses',
• 'Parisian Sayings and Doings',
• 'Music',
• 'The Silent Member',
• 'Foreign and Colonial News',
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75")

May 21st

• 'The Imperial wedding at Vienna: Princess Stephanie of Belgium Receiving Bridal Gifts From the Women of Salzburg' a Spinning Wheel and the women are all in traditional dress. Front page
• "Somebody's Coming"..' Full page engraving of a lady in fashionable victorian dress
• 'The Irish Land League Agitation: Attack on a Process Server'
• 'The French Expedition to Tunis: Goums Reconnoitring, Attacked by Khroumirs' Full page print from engraving. Kroumirie
• 'The Imperial Wedding At Vienna: The Marriage Ceremony in the Palace Church of the Augustines' Full page print from engraving

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
'The Illustrated London News' Editorial'

'Irish Land League Agitation'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Playhouses'

'The Royal Academy Exhibition'

'Musical Publications'

July to December

These are some of the engravings in the magazines....

• Sketches at the Henley Regatta,
• In the English Garden at Munich,
• Royal Picnic at Virginia Water (2 page),
• Night Fete at the Botanic Gardens Regents Park,
• Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall,
• Royal Review of Volunteers at Windsor Park (many including several 2 page),
• General J. A. Garfield President of the United States (plus article on Attempted Murder of President Garfield),
• Prince and Princess of Wales Opening the Marylebone Infirmary at Notting Hill,
• Royal Agricultural Society at Derby,
• Divers Exploring the Wreck of HMS Doterel,
• At the Eton and Harrow Cricket Match (2 page),
• Sketches at the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting,
• Wimbledon Workers,
• Arrival for the Royal Garden Party at Marlborough House,
• Hot Weather Sketches,
• The Smallpox Hulks Atlas and Endymion at Deptford Creek (third page),
• Sketches of Pictures of Royal Academy Exhibition (2 page),
• Royal Garden Party at Marlborough House (2 page),
• Assault of German Students by Slaves at Kuchelbad near Prague (half page),
• The Late Dean Stanley - A Reminiscence,
• Funeral of Dean Stanley (several),
• The Late Dean Stanley (portrait),
• The State of Ireland,
• Sketches at Sandown Park Races,
• Tourist Season in Scotland - Ascent of Ben Nevis,
• Picturesque America - Cave of the Winds Niagara Falls & Pilot Knob Northern California,
• On the Bass - From a Picture by S. Read in the Exhibition of Royal Society of Painters of Water Colour (2 page vertical),
• Hay Harvest in Norway,
• Sketches of the Caspediac River Lower Canada,
• The Last Load of Hay (2 page),
• The State of Ireland - Police Patrol Challenging a Suspected Person,
• President Garfield Lying Wounded in His Room at the White House Washington,
• Sketches at the Hyde Regatta,
• Sketches in Colorado (8 views of mountains including Pike’s Peak),
• Canterbury Cricket Week,
• Sketches in Algeria,
• A Day in Arcadia (2 page),
• Odd Sketches at the Zoological Gardens,
• Algerian Beggars at the Door of a Mosque (2 page),
• Afternoon Tea,
• Sketches of the 66th Berkshire Regiment,
• The Tourist in Scotland - John O’Groats,
• Childrens Day in the Country,
• Views of Launceston Cornwall,
• A Bazaar in Algiers,
• The Fatal Railway Collision at Blackburn (half page),
• The Boycotted Smack Wave Under Police Guard at Cork (half page),
• Life Among the Wild Horses of the Puszta or Hungarian Heath Country (2 page),
• The Tourist in Holland Taking a Toll on a Dutch Canal,
• Glasgow Cathedral (2 page),
• The Queen at Edinburgh - Review of the Scottish Volunteers (many, including 2 page w/ small individual portraits and other 2 page views of royal events),
• Royal Visit to Edinburgh,
• Bits of Old Edinburgh (2 page),
• Scottish Volunteers at Home,
• Places Visited by the British Archaeological Association at Great Malvern,
• Sketches at York - Jubilee Meeting of the British Association of Science (2 page),
• Recent Excavations at the Roman Villa Branding Isle of Wight,
• Home Again from the picture by Frank Holl (2 page - Scottish volunteers),
• Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Liverpool,
• The Tourist Season in Scotland - The Falls of Muick,
• The Tourist in Switzerland,
• The Tourist in Normandy,
• A Coracle Race on the Severn at Ironbridge Shropshire (half page),
• Sketches in the Isle of Man (2 page),
• The Tourist in Iceland,
• Melrose Abbey (2 page),
• Saloon of the Steam Ship Quetta - London to India,
• The Princess of Wales Naming the New Alexandria Liverpool,
• Winnipeg the Capital of Manitoba in the Canadian Dominion (aerial view),
• Austrian Military Life - the Hungarian Hussars,
• Lioness and Cubs (2 page),
• The Late Crisis in Egypt - The Gourieh a Street in Cairo,
• Sketches at the Lizard,
• Sketches at Scarborough,
• A Highland Welcome to the Prince of Wales,
• Sketches at the Dairy Show,
• An Incident with the Devon and Somerset Staghounds (half page),
• The Late James Garfield President of the United States (portrait),
• House at Long Branch New Jersey Where President Garfield Died on Monday Last (half page),
• American Cotton - Its Cultivation and Preparation in Mississippi (2 page showing The Levee at New Orleans and other views),
• American Husbandry - Gathering Pumpkins and Husking Maize,
• The Great Landslip at Elm Canton Glarus Switzerland (2 page),
• The New President of the United States Chester A. Arthur, Regatta at Venice During the International Geographical Congress (half page),
• The Royal Family in the Highlands - Cricket Match at Balmoral, Evening at the Spa Scarborough,
• The Egyptian Crisis - Entrance to the Citadel Cairo,
• A Forest Fire in America,
• The Tourist in Iceland - Entrance to the Almannagja,
• The Middlesbrough and Cleveland Iron Trade Jubilee - Public Buildings in Middlesbrough (2 page),
• Remains of President Garfield Lying in State in the Capitol Washington (half page),
• The Crisis in Egypt - The Turkish Carpet Bazaar Cairo,
• Sketches in the Isle of Man,
• The Tourist in Venice - The Band on the Piazza of St. Marks,
• Mr. Gladstone at Leeds (many),
• The Army and Navy Buildings of the United States Government Washington (3/ 4 page)
• Interior of the Victoria Hall - Leeds Town hall,
• The Middlesbrough Jubilee,
• Mr. Gladstone at Leeds - Great Meeting in the Cloth Hall (2 page),
• The Mediterranean Fleet Regatta at Palma,
• Funeral of President Garfield - Lying in State at Cleveland with the Queen’s Mourning Wreath on the Coffin,
• Funeral of President Garfield (2 page),
• The Arrest of Mr. C. S. Parnell MP at Morrisons Hotel Dublin,
• Improvements on the Kentish Coast,
• The Great Storm of Wind,
• Broken Truce (2 page),
• A Disputed Claim (2 polar bears on ice),
• The Crisis in Egypt,
• The Royal Visit to Swansea (many),
• The New East Dock at Swansea Opened on Tuesday by the Prince of Wales (2 page),
• The Swansea Harbor and Docks (aerial),
• The Anniversary of Trafalgar on Board the Old Victory at Portsmouth,
• The Irish Land League Agitation - Scots Greys Charging the Mob at Limerick,
• Irish Land League Agitation - Sketches in Dublin,
• The Late Destructive Gale of Wind,
• The Royal Family in the Highlands - Tug of War (2 page),
• Driving Horses in the Campagna Rome (2 page),
• Waiting to See the Prisoners - A Sketch at Kilmainham Jail Dublin,
• The Crisis in Ireland,
• Fisherman’s Cottage in the Isle of Man,
• Ploughing on the Sussex Downs,
• Sketches From the "Lights of London" at the Princess Theatre,
• Sketches on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Lower Canada,
• Loss of the Clan MacDuff - Boat from the Upupa Going to the Rescue (2 page storm at sea),
• The Grizzly Giant of Mariposa California sequoia tree
• A Life Boat Crew Ready for Service (2 page),
• The Bazaar - Cairo,
• The State of Ireland - The Affray at Belmullet County Mayo,
• The Irish Land League - Recreation Time in Kilmainham Prison,
• A Channel Tug Trying the Get a Rope on Board a Distressed Vessel,
• The Late Storms - Breach in the Sea Wall on the Strand at Youghal Ireland (half page),
• Seepee Fair Near Simla in the Himalayas,
• A Hiring and Statute Fair in the North of England (2 page),
• Landing Fish at Billingsgate Market,
• The Lord Mayor’s Procession,
• The Citadel of Cairo,
• The State of Ireland - Posting the Government in Connemara,
• Lava Flow From the Mauna Loa Volcano Hawaii Sandwich Islands,
• Sketches in Borneo,
• A Cornish Churchyard,
• Sketches in Madagascar,
• Preaching in a Norwegian Church,
• Placing the Waterloo Colours of Second Battalion Grenadier Guards in the Chapel Wellington Barracks,
• The Royal Visit to Welbeck Abbey (2 page),
• Sketches in the Northwest Territory of Canada (2 page - Bow River and On the Kootenay),
• Opening of the New Irish Land Court in Connaught (several including 2 page),
• Scenes on the Cascapediac River Lower Canada,
• The War in Tunis - Attack of Arab Cavalry on a French Square (2 page),
• The Trial of Guiteau at Washington for the Murder of President Garfield,
• The Northwest Territory of Canada - Sketches by his Excellency the Marquis of Lorne,
• Street in the Casba Algiers,
• M. Leon Gambetta Prime Minister of the French Republic (portrait),
• The Steerage of the Steamer Solway at Kingstown After the Fire on Board,
• The State of Ireland - Arrested Under the Coercion Act at Roscommon Railway Station (2 page),
• A Funeral in Norway,
• Winchester Cathedral (2 page),
• English Acrobat Boys Detained by an Arab Company in Constantinople (half page),
• Sketches in North Borneo,
• Sketches at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show,
• Sketches at Longleat - The Seat of the Marquis of Bath,
• The Northwest Territory of Canada - Blackfeet Indians Camp on Bow River,
• Sketches in Ireland by Our Special Artist,
• Trial of Guiteau for the Murder of President Garfield - General View of the Court Room (2 page),
• Illustrations From New Books,
• Trout Fishing in Norway,
• The East African Slave Trade - Examination of Captured Slaves in the British Consul General’s Court at Zanzibar (half page),
• East African Slave Trade - Recent Conflicts With Slave Dhows,
• Burning of the Ring Theatre at Vienna,
• The East African Slave Trade - Steam Pinnacle of HMS London Chasing a Slave Dhow (2 page),
• Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Longleat,
• Six Shadow Charades - Drawn by H. Furniss,
• The Goose Club Committee,
• Working of the Land Court of Ireland,
• The Fatal Disaster With a Balloon,
• Burning of the Ring Theatre of Vienna - How Some Were Saved,
• A Christmas Journey As We Used to Do It (a horse and carriage),
• A Christmas Journey As We Do It Now (train),
• New Leadenhall Market,
• The State of Ireland - Stopping a Hunt (2 page),
• Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa - Depot of Stores for Boats & Coaling Station for Boats (2 half page),
• Sketches at a Fancy Dress Ball, Rehearsing for the Pantomime,
• The French in Tunis - A Military Sentence of Death,
• New Leadenhall Market Interior,
• Through the Clouds by Day and Night (balloons).

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