Victorian Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1856

Original Antique Weekly Issue

This first part of the description features a list of images i.e. engravings from sketches, drawings etc. (these sometimes have descriptive articles but not always). They include:

Cathedral of the Assumption in The Kremlin Where The Emperor of Russia Was Crowned - front page interior view. Info. aka Dormition Cathedral, Moscow.

St Petersburg, in 1706 and 1856 - one page with 4 engravings individually entitled:

St Petersburg in 1706.

The Sennaia or Hay Market (1856).

St Petersburg 1856 Kazan Cathedral.

Statue of Peter The Great Admiralty Square.

Residency of His Excellency Count De Morny at St Petersburg - near half page.

State Coach of Earl Granville, at St Petersburg - near half page.

Gate of The Resurrection at Moscow- near half page .

The Kremlin, Moscow - near half page.

Marriage of The Infanta Amalia with The Prince of Bavaria, Madrid - full page engraving.

St Margaret's Church near Altringham and Knutsford - half page with interior and external views.

Gipsies - near half page.

The Doncaster Cup.

Stone Coffin and Lid Found in Christchurch, Oxford miel - small engr.

Paintings By Giotto, Recently Discovered in The Church of The Incoronata at Naples.

The Sacrament of Matrimony by Giotto.

The Russian National Anthem: Words and Music - full page.

Rare Goose and White Dodo from Persian Drawings.

Lepidsiren at Crystal Palace.

Cactus in Flower at Moscow.

The Gnu.

Sculptures at Balmoral Palace: The Braemar Games and Putting the Stone - Saint George - Inscription at Balmoral - Saint Andrew - The Conversion of St Hubert. c.keenlyside.

Sword of Honour Presented to General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bart KCB By The Legislature of Nova Scotia.

The Fountain of Jouvence Painted by M. Haussouillier - full page engraving.

Chess.

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This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include:

Festivities at Moscow

Foreign and Colonial News

The Belgian Philanthropic Congress at Brussels.

The Marianne Society Paris.

Nicaragua and Walkers Precarious Position.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Illustrated London News Editorial.

Metropolitan News:

Chartist Demonstration in Finsbury Square with mention of Mr Ernest Jones, James Finlen, Mr Cooke, Mr Frost,.

Bank of England with mention ofA. Latham Esq, H. J. Prescott.

Christ's Hospital. loght

Dangerous Nuisance; a naphtha warehouse in Suffolk Lane, City with mention of Dr Letheby, Isaac Solly Lister, Benjamin Biggs, 7 Suffolk Lane.

And more.

Marriage of the Prince Adalbert of Bavaria with the Infanta of Spain.

The Theatres with mention of Drury Lane, Mrs Waller, Lyceum, Mr Brough, Mr F. L. Toole, Mr Dillon, Miss Ada Thompson, Mrs Weiss, Mr Millard, etc.

St Margaret's Church.

The Ex King of Bavaria.

Antiquarian Discovery at Oxford.

The London Gazette: War Department Appointments - Bankrupts - Births Marriages Deaths.

Doncaster Meeting.

Rare Birds - includes a letter from a correspondent, William W. Coker, Hortley Lodge, parkstern, nr Poole, Dorset; also reive the article mentions the White or Albino Dodo, Mr Waterhouse Hawkins, Mr Gould.

The Roumany Chai or Gipsies.

The Coronation of the Czar (Tsar).

Sculptures at Balmoral.

Sword of Honour.

Capital Punishment.

The French Pre Raphaelites, "La Fontaine de Jouvence".

Answers to Queries: Marriages at Gretna Green.c.keenlyside. 2009

CONDITION/DIMENSIONS

This is an original but USED antique newspaper not a scan and not a later re-print. If there is a particular date you require in regards to this item eg. for a birthday or anniversary etc please ask. The Illustrated London News was a newspaper founded by Herbert Ingram with the first edition appearing on 14 May 1842. It was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.

It measures 395 x 290 mm (15.5 x 11.25inches). The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound, there is age yellowing to the pages. The images are in black and white unless otherwise stated. Some of the pages may be loose, and have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age - anything more than minor will be mentioned in the main body of the description. The engravings vary in size. Any watermarks on images are for display only and not on the original engravings. This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested.

PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are no pages missing, but if you are looking for something in particular in this issue PLEASE ASK. If you require information on size of articles (i.e. number of words), sizes of images, please ask before bidding or buying. There are no colour images unless otherwise stated. The process of the page numbering in The ILN carry on from the previous issue therefore do not start at number 1. The four digit number in brackets in title is for my reference only.

The descriptive text in my listing, details the content in my words and not necessarily what is written on the original page."Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, is not necessarily in the text. This item will be packaged in a tube.

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