Original Victorian Antique Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1866 Welwyn Tunnel Great Northern Railway Crash FIELD LAND RAGGED SCHOOL Callao Port Peru ALDERSHOT FIELD DAY. Plus much more; see main description for detailed content and condition.
 

Victorian Newspaper ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 1866 Welwyn Tunnel Great Northern Railway Crash FIELD LAND RAGGED SCHOOL Callao Port Peru DUKE OF EDINBURGH Prince of Wales ALDERSHOT FIELD DAY

 

Original 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:


Field Day at Aldershott (Aldershot): Cavalry Marching Past the Prince and Princess of Wales - front page; foxing and discolouration to page, see scan.

Forts and Batteries at Callao - half page. Info. Callao was the seaport of Lima Peru).

Opening of The New building of The Field Lane Refuge and Ragged School - half page.

The Prince of Wales Inspecting the 11th Hussars at Colchester - full page c.keenlyside.

Presentation of The Freedom of The City of London to the Duke of Edinburgh at Guildhall - full page.

Bath and West of England Agricultural Society's miel meeting at Salisbury: The Show Yard - half page.

Annual Festival of Charity, Children In St Pauls Cathedral: Children Entering The South Door - half page (with a printer's crease across the bottom corner of the image).

The Prince of Wales Laying The Foundation Stone of The British And Foreign Bible Society's Building On Monday Last - half page.

Scene of The Extraordinary Accident In The Welwyn Tunnel, Great Northern Railway - half page (3 trains crashed and burned in a tunnel 22 miles from King's Cross).

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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:


The State Of Europe.

Foreign And Colonial News From: France (Is It Peace Or Is It War?) - Spain (Bombardment of Callao) - Belgium (Elections) - The European Crisis (Austria Declares War on Prussia) - United states (Senate Expunges Clause from Reconstruction Bill) - British North America (The Fenians Have Made A Dash Into Canada) reive - Australia (The McCulloch Cabinet and the Recall of Governor Darling, and Mr T H Fellows to form a fresh executive - quite a lengthy article).

A fire at Mr Delany Draper Premises in Westmorland Street Dublin Loght.

Latest News from Abroad - The war crisis, news from Frankfort on the Maine.

Theatres with mentions of: Mr Charles Kean as Hamlet at the Princess theatre, Mr Hrmann Vezin in Doctor Davey.

The Marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge to His Serene Highness Francis Paul Charles louis Alexander, Prince of Teck.

The House of Lords, House of Commons (Reform Bill incomplete article).

The Ferry at Moulsey Loght.

Wills and bequests including mention of: Sir Frederick adair Roe of Beach house Worthing and Piccadilly - Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood formerly of Rossall Hall - Rev John Keble Vicar of Hursley hants - John Lee of Hartwell House Bucks.

Obituary of Eminent Persons: Sir Charles Noel Noel, Earl of Gainsborough - Sir Thomas R. Gage of Hengrave Hall Suffolk - General Winfield Scott of the United States Army of West Point - Captain McClintock Bunbury RN of Lisnavagh County Carlow - Mr John Mc Douall Stuart (well known explorer of Australia).

Royal Institution Lectures with Professor Huxley and Professor Frankland.

Miss Nightingale has written a letter to an Italian Gentleman mentioning Crimea, the Italian Bersagliere, Lord Clyde, Italian (Sardinian) hospitals on the heights of Balaclava etc. (apprx 220 words)

The 57th Anniversary Festival of the Friends of the Royal Caledonian Asylum - public dinner at the Freemasons Tavern.

And more. 1606


CONDITION/DIMENSIONS
This is an original USED antique newspaper and not a later re-print. The Illustrated London News was a newspaper founded by Herbert Ingram. The first edition appeared on 14 May 1842 and was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.

Eight pages (16 sides). It measures 365x260mm (14.25 x 10.25 inches) approx. The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound (see above) and some pages are loose. There is age yellowing to the pages; first few have foxing/staining (see scan). The pages have minor cuts, tears and blemishes due to their age. The engravings vary in size. Any watermarks on images are for display only and not on the original engravings.

PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. There are four pages missing, so if you're looking for something in particular PLEASE ASK. If you require information on the size of articles (i.e. number of words) or images, please ask before bidding or buying. There are no colour images unless otherwise stated. The page numbering in the Illustrated London News carries on from the previous issue and do not start at number 1. The descriptive text in my listing details the content in my words and not necessarily what's written on the original page. "Info." in the description is my research and relevant to the accompanying image or article, although not necessarily in the text/article. This item will be packaged in a tube and sent by Royal Mail Small Parcels, or International Standard Parcel; this is NOT a tracked service; if you require tracking please contact for prices).

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