1872 Illustrated London News - London's Thanksgiving Day

Description: A complete edition of "The Illustrated London News" the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper dated March 16, 1872. This popular London magazine was published from 1842 until 2003 - see history below The illustrations are as follows: "Fashion repeats herself" - cover page "Testing Fire-Escapes at Lambeth Hill..." "Sir John Gilbert A.R.A." "The End of the Tichborne Trial : Arrival of the Claimant at Newgate" 'Paris Fashions for March" "The Thanksgiving Day : The Lord Mayor waiting for the Queen at Temple Bar" "The Thanksgiving Day : What was seen from a window" "Roasting an ox at Windsor" "The Thanksgiving Day : Hoisting the Royal Standard over St. Paul's" "Lord Northbrooke, the new Viceroy of India" Illustrations are explained in the text. Good condition - see scans . The magazine has been bound and disbound 15 pages, 30 sides. Page size 11 x 15.5 inches. A great and interesting resource for the historian The Illustrated London News23 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Illustrated London NewsFront-page of the magazine's first issue (May 14, 1842)TypeWeekly (1842–1971) Monthly (1971–1989) Quarterly (1989–1994) Twice-yearly (1994–2003)FormatBroadsheet newsmagazineOwner(s)Illustrated London News GroupFounded1842Political alignmentConservativeCeased publication2003HeadquartersLondon, EnglandWebsitewww.iln.co.ukThe Illustrated London News, founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.[1] The magazine was published weekly for most of its existence, switched to a less frequent publication schedule in 1971, and eventually ceased publication in 2003. The company continues today as Illustrated London News Ltd, a publishing, content, and digital agency in London, which holds the publication and business archives of the magazine.History1842–1860: Herbert IngramFront cover of 1 October 1892 issue, showing a scene from Sydney Grundyand Arthur Sullivan's Haddon Hallcreated by M. Browne and Herbert RailtonThe Illustrated London News founder Herbert Ingram was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1811, and opened a printing, newsagent, and bookselling business in Nottingham around 1834 in partnership with his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Cooke.[2] As a newsagent, Ingram was struck by the reliable increase in newspaper sales when they featured pictures and shocking stories. Ingram began to plan a weekly newspaper that would contain pictures in every edition.[3]Ingram rented an office, recruited artists and reporters, and employed as his editor Frederick William Naylor Bayley (1808–1853), formerly editor of the National Omnibus. The first issue of The Illustrated London News appeared on Saturday, 14 May 1842, timed to report on the young Queen Victoria's first masquerade ball.[4] Its 16 pages and 32 wood engravings covered topics such as the war in Afghanistan, the Versailles rail accident, a survey of the candidates for the US presidential election, extensive crime reports, theatre and book reviews, and a list of births, marriages, and deaths. Ingram hired 200 men to carry placards through the streets of London promoting the first edition of his new newspaper.[5]Jumbo's Journey to the Docks (The Illustrated London News, 1 April 1882)Costing sixpence, the first issue sold 26,000 copies. Despite this initial success, sales of the second and subsequent editions were disappointing. However, Ingram was determined to make his newspaper a success, and sent every clergyman in the country a copy of the edition that contained illustrations of the installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and by this means secured a great many new subscribers.Its circulation soon increased to 40,000, and by the end of its first year was 60,000. In 1851, after the newspaper published Joseph Paxton's designs for the Crystal Palace before even Prince Albert had seen them, the circulation rose to 130,000. In 1852, when it produced a special edition covering the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, sales increased to 150,000; and in 1855, mainly due to the newspaper reproducing some of Roger Fenton's pioneering photographs of the Crimean War (and also due to the abolition of the Stamp Act that taxed newspapers), it sold 200,000 copies per week.[5]Competitors soon began to appear; Lloyd's Illustrated Paper was founded later that year, while Reynold's Newspaper opened in 1850; both were successful Victorian publications, albeit less successful than The Illustrated London News.[6] Andrew Spottiswoode's Pictorial Times lost £20,000 before it was sold to Ingram by Henry Vizetelly, who had left the ILN to found it.[7] Ingram folded it into another purchase, The Lady's Newspaper, which became The Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times. Vizetelly was also behind a later competitor, Illustrated Times in 1855, which was similarly bought out by Ingram in 1859.[citation needed]Ingram's other early collaborators left the business in the 1850s. Nathanial Cooke, his business partner and brother-in-law, found himself in a subordinate role in the business and parted on bad terms around 1854. The departure of William Little was in 1858; in addition to providing a loan of £10,000, he was the printer and publisher of the paper for 15 years. Little's relationship with Ingram deteriorated over Ingram's harassment of their mutual sister-in-law.[2]Herbert Ingram died on 8 September 1860 in a paddle-steamer accident on Lake Michigan, and he was succeeded as proprietor by his youngest son, William Ingram, who in turn was succeeded by his son, Sir Bruce Ingram (1877–1963) in 1900, who remained as editor until his death. The Thanksgiving Day illumination of St. Paul’s1872Source: Illustrated London News. [Click on image to enlarge it.]The illumination was part of the celebration of the Prince of Wales's recovery from typhoid, for which Queen Victoria and the royal party gave thanks at St Paul's on 27 February 1872. [Commentary continues below.]Image download, caption material and formatting by George P. Landow, commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the Hathi Trust Digital Libraryand The University of Michigan Library and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.The Thanksgiving procession had been joyous, because of the enthusiasm of the crowd, but it must be admitted that the Queen was rather disappointed when she entered the cathedral, writing in her journal later that day, "The Cathedral itself is so dull, cold, dreary & dingy. It so badly lacks decoration & colour. It was stiflingly hot & though the Te Deum Anthem by Mr Goss were fine, the service appeared to me cold & too long, excepting the concluding beautiful Hymn, which was most touching & elevating!" Perhaps the subsequent illumination made up for the uninspiring interior!

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