1856 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Wreck CRIMEA HEROES Yarmouth Herring Fishery (3970

Description: Original Victorian Antique Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1856: CRIMEA HEROS Yarmouth Herring Fishery BRITISH CAVALRY UNIFORMS The London Season GILLINGHAM DORSET SW RAILWAY COMMENCEMENT Museum Science and Art Kensington Gore LONDON ZOO LIONS Wreck Chilean Steamer Cazador Chile PARISH BEADLE. Plus much more; see main description CRIMEA HEROS Yarmouth Herring Fishery BRITISH CAVALRY UNIFORMS The London Season GILLINGHAM DORSET SW RAILWAY COMMENCEMENT Museum Science and Art Kensington Gore LONDON ZOO LIONS Wreck Chilean Steamer Cazador Chile PARISH BEADLE The Illustrated London News Original Victorian Newspaper Dated 1856 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: Crimean Heroes and Trophies at Woolwich - front page; showing Sergeant Christy and Sgt Samuel McGifford of 4th Battalion - Trumpeters Gritten and William Lang, with banners taken from churches of Sevastopol and what looks like a captured Eagle). The Gun Boat Flotilla off Portland from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly - near half page. The Emperor of the French and Count Orloff proceeding to th e Grand Review in the Champ De Mars -– near half page. The Yarmouth Herry Fishery: The Return of the Boats - near half page. Sale of Herrings on the Quay at Great Yarmouth - near half page. The London Season - Going To The Drawing Room - full page engraving; a lady entering a coach drawn by two horses. New Uniforms of the British Cavalry:- 17th Lancers - Royal Horse Guards Blue - 1st Life Guards - 16th Lancers - 3rd Light Dragoons - 6th Dragoon Guards - 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Artillery - 2nd Dragoons - full page print from engraving. Group of Silver and Porcelain - Rarities from The Sibthorpe Collection - half page. Museum of Science and Art in Course of Construction on the Kensington Gore Estate - half page. The Lord Mayor Announcing the Miel Peace, at The Mansion House. Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork -Penrose Lane or Square. Commencement of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway - At Gillingham - near half page. Babylonian Lions Just Received at the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regents park - near half page. Wreck of the Chilian Steamer "Cazador"...' - off the Carranza rocks south west reive of Carranza Rocks off Constitucion, Chile - near half page. ..."The Lily" painted by C. Baxter. ..."In The Marshes: Morning" Painted by G. A. Williams - shows windmills, a village and various sails of vessels - as the article states, possibly Wittlesea Mere in the Fens: near half page. Chess Problem by HW. Sunday Morning From "The Lump of Gold" By Charles Mackay - Drawn by Samuel Read - a beautiful full page engraving of a picturesque village street families on the way to church with cottages along one side of the road - Engraved by Edmund Evans. Loght. ..."The Mid Day Meal" Painted by H. B. Willis - the engraving shows a scene in an open field on the coast of Sussex, two working horses and two ploughmen eating lunch - near half page. ..."A Country Churchyard" Painted by Samuel Read - another fine example of engravings of the time "derived from his inspiration from Grays Elegy" near half page. Ivory Carvings From Nineveh - fifteen small engravings. ..."Noon Day Rest" Painted by Cuyp - a view of a shepherd with sheep and cattle - windmills in the distance – near half page. ..."The Parish Beadle" Painted by Sir David Wilkie RA - near half page. ~~~~ 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 Supplementary Sittings of the Conference - "what the war has settled, and what the peace has left unsettled". Foreign and Colonial News includes France - - - Disturbances in Span - - - The Danubian principalities - - - America - - - The Central American Question. Berangers New Son by Shirley Brooks c.keenlyside Notes of the Week. Epitome of NEws Foreign and Domestic - Snippets of News. Collision with an Iceberg - One Hundred and Thirty Five Lives Lost off The Banks of Newfoundland - The Packet Ship John Rutledge of New York sailing from Liverpool - The only survivor was " Thomas W. Nye of New Bedford ( Massachusetts ) whose account the subjoined narrative has been taken" - the article is approx. 1300 words. Country News includes Another Suspected Case of Poisoning in Staffordshire, Mrs Ashmall a farmers wif of Ediall, Burntwood - - - The Sunderland Bottlemakers Strike - - - Boiler Explosion at Portsmouth - - - Mister Sadleirs Forgeries. c.keenlyside. Illustrated London News Editorial. The Court - Royal Comings and Goings. Imperial parliament with ref. to The Currnecy - - - Billeting of Soldiers - - - The Oath of Abjuration Bill - - - Education etc. National Sports. Metropolitan News includes Dinner at the Mansion House with Nathaniel Hawthorne American Consul - - - Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers Widows at Kingston Surrey - - - Commemoration of the Battle of Alexandria - - - Whittington Club Anniversary. Monetary Transactions of the Week from Our City Correspondents. The Markets. The London Gazette - includes Appointments at the war Office - - - Bankrupts. Births Marriages and Deaths. Art. Albert Cuyp - Artist. Rural Rides - Sale of Sir Charles Knightley's Herd of Shorthorns. Many adverts of the day. ........ And much more. 1204 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. Twelve pages (24 sides). 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. - © (copyright) -All text descriptions etc. in my listings are protected through copyright law, and have been electronically and invisibly coded, and are also protected under ebay VeRO rules. Reproduction, in whole or part, without permission is a transgression of copyright.

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