Original Victorian Antique Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1856 DOVER GALES Suez Canal Isthmus AUSTRALIAN STEAM CLIPPER Harley House Regents Park IRISH HARPIST PATRICK BYRNE PÁDRAIG DALL Ó BEIRN Patent Elevator FREE TRADE HALL MANCHESTER Bullfight Bayonne Gustave Dore TATTERSALLS HORSE MARKET. Plus much more; see main description for detailed content and condition.

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1856 Original Victorian Antique Newspaper DOVER GALES Suez Canal Isthmus IRISH HARPIST PATRICK BYRNE PADRAIG DALL O'BEIRN Bullfight Gustave Dore FREE TRADE HALL MANCHESTER

Twelve pages (24 sides).

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:

The Late storm at Dover - front page.


The Isthmus of Suez Canal - full page of 3 drawings entitled:

The Lake at Timshah In The Centre Of The Isthmus Of Suez - View Of Suez From The Coast of Asia - Oasis, South East of Pelusium


The Istanbul Steam Clipper - half page.

Harley House New Road, the Residence of The Queen of Oude - near half page.

The Russian coronation Ceremonies: The Emperor Receiving Bread and Salt in St George's Hall - full page.

The Emperor Receiving the Congratulations of the Ambassadors in reive the Salle de St Andre.

Tattersall's Hyde Park Corner, From an Original Sketch - full page. c.keenlyside

The Patent Elevator and Observatory.

Patrick Byrne the Irish Harper - info. Pádraig Dall Ó Beirn

Tomb of the Rev Lord Augustus Fitzclarence.

Clothworker's Hall.

Exterior of Clothworker's Hall, Mincing Lane.

The New Free Trade Hall Manchester - half page. now the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel

Medals presented to the Members of the Belgian Free Trade council.

The Grammar school (the School of Sir Isaac Newton) at Grantham, Restored.

The Russian coronation: The Crowning of the Emperor in the Cathedral of the Assumption - full page.c.keenlyside.

The Count de Chreptowich, The New Russian Ambassador - from a photograph by John Watkins.

The Red Place, Moscow - near half page; Red Square.

The Bull Fight At Bayonne - full page engraving from a drawing by Gustave Dore.

Edzell Castle Near Brechin.

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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:

A Chance for London - notes on proposals for improving "The ugliest city in the world".

The Equinoctial Gales at Dover.

The New Government Offices.

The Isthmus of Suez Canal.

Residence of miel the Royal Family of Oude.

Blenheim.

Obituary: Lord De Freyne, Arthur French of Artagh in County Roscommon.

The Royal Surrey Gardens Company.

The New National Magazine.

Representation of Yarmouth.

The School of Newton.

The New Free Trade Hall at Manchester.

Tattersalls: The corner.

R W Emerson’s speech on Kansas.

The Bull-fight at Bayonne.

Dinner to Lord Panmure.

Prorogation of Parliament.

Scandinavia: Denmark and the Duchies .

And more. c.keenlyside. 1110


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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