1845 The Illustrated London News

Description

Folding Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Volume VI, being numbers 140, for Saturday 4th January, to number 165, for Saturday 28th June, a total of twenty-five issues.

Illustrated with an engraved title, two folding plates, and many full-page and in-text illustrations throughout.

Events covered in this volume include the burning of the Bowery Theatre in New York, the Carnival at Paris, the explosion of a powder-magazine at Algiers, and more, alongside notices on the movements of the Royal Family, British politics, and other articles about the world.

The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper; the first issue appeared on Saturday 14 May 1842. Printer and newsagent Herbert Ingram moved from Nottingham to London in early 1842. Inspired by how the Weekly Chronicle always sold more copies when it featured an illustration, he had the idea of publishing a weekly newspaper that would contain pictures in every edition. By 1863 The Illustrated London News was selling more than 300,000 copies every week, enormous figures in comparison to other British newspapers of the time. The work is credited with moving illustrations from purely a satirical device in mainstream news, to a credible and factual reporting tool, publishing over 750,000 illustrations during its existence.