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The Illustrated London News 1843
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, THE WORLD'S FIRST ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER
To ensure continuity of readership Herbert Ingram, founder of the ILN, astutely dangled a free gift before the eyes of the many thousands of people who had been influenced by the prospectus, "To Subscribers who buy The Illustrated London News regularly each week for six months a copy of the splendid Colosseum Print of London will be presented". That Colosseum Print was to be one of Herbert Ingram's most brilliant ideas.
Palmer and Clayton were engaged to print the contents of the ILN at 10 Crane Court, and to publish it at Clayton's newsagent's shop at 320 Strand, on the north side of the church, St. Mary-le-Strand.
THE COLOSSEUM PRINT
Herbert Ingram believed that photography, first announced to the world in 1839, could be of use to his illustrated newspaper and he had in mind the publication of the giant view of London photographed from the top of the Duke of York's column, 124 feet high. Official permission was granted for photographs to be taken from its summit and Antoine Claudet, with his daguerreotype camera, climbed the twisting steps inside the monument. At the dizzy top he set up his apparatus and exposed a sequence of views of London, looking north, and another sequence looking south.
After development, the daguerreotype plates of silvery metal were laid side by side in two rows one above the other to make a lay-out of the picture which was to be printed on paper four feet four inches wide and nearly three feet high, but first an artist, C. F. Sargent, using a pencil, had to draw the photographic detail onto the smooth surface of the biggest wood-block ever made. It was composed of sixty pieces of box-wood joined tightly together "without line, speck or flaw" and then sent to Ebenezer Landell's engraving firm where he and his staff of eighteen assistants worked day and night for two months on the largest engraving ever executed.
While it was being completed, the ILN moved into its own premises at 198 Strand, a big shop at the corner of Milford Lane facing St. Clement Danes Church. The ground floor was used as the publishing office, and on the three floors above four rooms accommodated the editorial and advertisement offices and an engraving studio. Two rooms were lived in by the new publisher, William Little, whose sister Ann was engaged to be married to Herbert Ingram.
By the end of the year, the great Colosseum View of London in 1842 had been engraved, stereotyped and printed by Palmer and Clayton at 10 Crane Court, and this famous picture was supplied in company with the ILN issue of 7 January 1843. The print was a huge success and exciting scenes were witnessed at 198 Strand where crowds of newsmen shouted their demands to be served. At one period the staff were so tired that the premises had to be closed while the men rested.
A view of London looking northwards from the summit of the Duke of York's statue, with Carlton Gardens in the foreground, beyond is Waterloo Place, lower Regent Street and Piccadilly circus
Looking southwards from the Duke of York's statue with houses in Carlton terrace in the foreground, St. Jame's Park, Horse Guards, The Abbey and Westminster Hal
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Nos. 35 and 36 Saturday January 7th- Price One Shilling
Page 1 Illustrated London News
-Image : View of Pentonville Prison
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Images: 1. Interior of the modern prison (Pentonville)
2. Interior of cell
3. Cell door
Page 5
Images: 1. The Gateway (Pentonville prison)
2. The plan of the prison
3. Interior of chapel (Pentonville prison)
Page 6
Notices to correspondents
Page 7
The court and haut ton
Page 8
Images: 1. The Gabrielle of de la Roche
2. Elegant Clarkia (Floriculture)
3. Peter Borthwick M.P.
Page 9
Images: 1. Fulham church
2. Newport gate, Lincoln
3. The Palais royal (Paris)
4. The fashions
5. Chess problem number 13
Page 10
Page 11
Page 12
Images: 1. The tower of London
2. Tower Gate
3. The chapel (Tower of London)
Page 13
Images: Tower of London cont... 1. The regalia
2. The Jewel Room
Page 14
Police
Adverts
Page 15
Adverts
Page 16
Marriages and Deaths
Week Grid
1843
Year Grid
1843
Some events of this year in the Illustrated London News
March 25th -Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel Opened between Rotherhithe and Wapping
The Economist begins publication
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain was launched in Bristol
William Wordsworth becomes Poet Laureate
Charles Dicken's Martin Chuzzlewit was published
'The Gabrielle of De La Roche',
'Peter Borthwick MP' (small), Elegant Clarkie' (small),
'Fulham Church' (small),
'Newport Gate Lincoln' (small),
'The Palais Royal' (small),
'Fashions', 'Chess',
'The Tower of London', 'Tower Gate', 'The Chapel' (small), 'The Regalia', 'The Jewel Room'.
Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign Intelligence',
'Shipping Intelligence',
'Naval and Military Intelligence',
'Country News', The Court and Haut Ton',
'Epitome of News includes property of Messrs Jennings of Windsor gave way killing one man',
'The magazines',
'Central Criminal Court - Thomas Ridout, 19 a barman six months hard labour
for stealing money from
George Gurney, his master - Thomas Edwards, 23 transported
for seven years for stealing a gold watch',
'Police', adverts of the day
Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol was published on 19th December and here is what the Illustrated London News wrote about it.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, THE WORLD'S FIRST ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER January 7th 1843
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January 21st 1843
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January 28th 1843
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February 4th 1843
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February 11th 1843
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February 18th 1843
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February 25th 1843
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March 4th 1843
Great National Steeple Chase At Liverpool' (front page)
'Masqued Ball at The Opera, Paris'
Procession of The Boeuf Gras'
Voyage Around the World by Captain Sir Edward Belcher RN Appearance of
Ice at Cape Suckling NW Coast of AMerica -
Indian Cradles - Indian Tomb -
Castanet - Female head of one of the Tribes near Port Mulgrave
with the Wooden
mouth Ornament to the lower lip -Tea Boat of China - Trading Junk -
Fast
Boat of China - Hand of a Barber Surgeon, China' (all on one page)
National Society's Training College for School Masters, Stanley Grove, Chelsea'
'New Chapel and Training Ground Attaches to The Normal College, Chelsea'
'Fashions'
Lord Abinger'
Sheriffs Procession, Manchester'
Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey - Daniel M' Naughten's Trial,
Assassination of Mr Edward Drummond'.
Also a detailed article covering the proceedings.
'The Testimonial of Sir Moses Montefiore'
'Mortlake Church'
'Carnival at Rome'
Prince of Hanover's Marriage'
View of Geneva'
Also articles (no engravings) including Foreign Intelligence', Imperial Parliament',
Shipping Intelligence', Naval and Military Intelligence', Country News', The Court and Haut Ton', Epitome of News' ,
'The magazines', Assize Intelligence - The Circuits', Police, Coroners Inquest',
March 11th 1843
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March 18th 1843
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March 25th 1843
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Hampton Races ' Front page
' View of Port Wellington New Zealand '
' View of Tahiti '
' St John's Waterloo Road '
' Corner Memory Thompson's House At Hampstead '
' Affhgan Bear ' ( Afghan )
' Bethlem Hospital '
' Plan of Bethlem Hospital, Wards and Gardens '
' Review of the 7th Dragoon Guards at Woolwich '
' New Military Academy ' Woolwich
' Artillery Barracks ' Woolwich
' Robert Southey From the Portrait By Sir T. Lawrence '
' The Crowning of Bruce '
' The Comet - Grand Meteoric Phenomenon '
' Fashions '
'Interior of Tattersall's '
' Betting Table '
' Entrance to the Thames Tunnel '
' Anderson as Othello '
' Mr Love The Polyphonist '
' Cowper's Summer House at Olney '
' England And France; or The Sisters. A Romance of Real Life By Henry Cockton ' with some engravings
' Cambridge from The Castle Hill '
' Publishing Office of The Illustrated London News '
' Chess Problem '
' Personality in Public Affairs ' politics'Foreign Intelligence' with reference to The Advance of the Buenos Ayreans on Monte Video and more
Police ' includes A Foolish Freak at Buckingham Palace - Queen Square, Outrage at the House of Lords
' Coroners Inquests ' includes The Suicide of Mr Isaac Cohen etc
' Death of the Governor of New Zealand - His Excellency Captain William Hobson at Auckland in his 49th year '
' New Conquest by France in the Pacific - Tahiti '
' Bethlam Hospital - "vulgarly called Bedlam ... owed its name and original establishment to the piety of a citizen of London
.....From the first reception of lunatics into bethlem their condition and treatment were wretched in the extreme..... " and much more'Court and Haut Ton' at Buckingham Palace etc
'Metropolitan News'
'Country News'
'Ireland'
' Dramatic and Musical Chit Chat '
' Robert Southey ' the Poet Laureate dies at Keswick in Cumberland
' Hymn - On the Occasion of the Present Astronomical Visitation '
' Memoirs of A Griffin or A Cadets First Year in India by Captain Bellew ' book review and more
' Assize Intelligence - Midland Circuit - Northern Circuit - Oxford Circuit - Surrey Sessions '
' Commerce and Money '
' Cambridge Election '
April 1st 1843
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April 8th 1843
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April 15th 1843
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April 22nd 1843
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April 29th 1843
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May 6th 1843
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May 13th 1843
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May 20th 1843
A Court of the Duchy of Cornwall - Prince Albert Presiding '
' Somerset House – Offices of the Duchy of Cornwall '
' The Gold Medal Presented to the Pasha of Egypt Executed by
Mister A. J.
Stothard Medal Engraver the Queen– Obverse and Reverse '
Exhibition of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick
' Chiswick Gardens – The Conservatory '
' An Exhibiton of Flowers in The Iron Tent '
' Medal of the Horticultural Society of London – Obverse and Reverse '
The Exhibition at the Royal Academy:
' The Great Room ' crowd of people looking at the crammed gallery
' Scultpure Gallery '
' Portrait of Queen Victoria '
' Hagar and Ishmael by C. L. Eastlake RA Reive '
' Shakspeare's Autograph – Which Was Auctioned at Evans Books in Pall Mall '
' The Ex President of Hayti – General Jean Pierre Boyer ' .
' Chess Problem '
' Sir William Heygate The New Chamberlain ' – elected Chamberlain of the City of London
' Borough Road – The British and Foreign Schools '
' A Room at the Missionary Museum of the London Missionary Society '
an engraving
showing various stuffed animals inc. Giraffe etc
' Fashion – Lady in A Dress '
' The Widow Fair – From the Painting by A. Solomon '
' Scene from "The Crusaders of Jerusalem" at Astleys - The Combat Between Richard and Saladin '
' Widdicombe ' a man with a whip who appeared at Astleys Theatre
The Condition of Ireland
Foreign Intelligence
National Sports – horse Racing
Country News includes:
A Fire in Formby Street at Liverpool
Clerk Remanded, A John Leeming. For the theft of letters at the Liverpool Post Office
Murder at Manchester, Several Persons Shot
The Potteries – The Colliers in the Employ of Mr Sparrow of Longton
Visit of The Queen Dowager to Stratford on Avon .
National Sports
Law Intelligence – Court of Exchequer
Accidents and Offences
Police Column – Daring Robbery at The Residence of the Late Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey at Belgrave Square
Imperial parliament
Opening of the Thames Tunnel
This is Sir Marc Brunel (Isambards dad!)
May 27th 1843
Regents Park – The Rock Garden at the Botanic Gardens '
' St George's Fields - The Indigent Blind Asylum '
' The Sailors Floating Church near Tower Stairs on The River Thames ' -
a
ship named " Bertha " berthed alongside the Tower of London
' Interior of The Floating Church of the British And Foreign Sailors Society '
' The Temperance Festival at Music Hall in Store Street ' small tear to bottom of engraving
' Reading - The Temperance Festival I nProcession Along a Principal Street of the Town '
Reading - The Tent at the Temperance Festival '
' The Isleworth Charity School ' small engraving – Middlesex
' St Mary's Church in Southwark '
' Hatfield House Hertfordshire – The Visit of The Crown Prince of Wurtemburg '
Art:
' The Fathers Grave – From a painting by J. C. Horsley '
' Lex Talionis and The Raid of the Reiver or The Laird Getting His Ain Again
– Painting
by Abraham Cooper RA ' – info. "an eye for an eye"
' Horses, The Property of William Wigram – From a painting by E. Landseer RA
' Bishopsgate London - The Weselyan Centenary Hall Formerly the City of London Tavern'
' Victorian Fashions ' small engraving showing dress and bonnet
' New Chambers at Staple Inn Holborn '
' The Apposition - St Pauls School Cheapside ' info. a latin motto on the wall reads " Duce disce , aut discede "
' The Late Charles James Apperley Esq ( Nimrod ) ' an engraving
showing the
English sportsman and sporting writer with a signature "Nimrod"
The Cabul Captivity – info. Kabul Afghanistan
' Lady Sale ' – info. Florentina Wynch Sale was married to Robert Henry Sale
' The Prison at Cabul ' where the party of European men women and children were imprisoned
' The Mohammad Akhbar Khan ' – info. was an Afghan Prince and tribal leader
Off Greenwich – The Sailing Match of the Thames Royal Yacht Club '
' Actress - Miss Helen Faucit as Elfrida '
Supplement to Celebrate The First Anniversary of The Illustrated London News -:
' Invocation to May ' front of the supplement page showing a poem bordered with engravings
Full page of words of music to "Forest Days" written by Desmond Ryan and music by E. J. Loder
' Spring Life in Town and Country – The Royal Drawing Room, Hyde park
Corne, Bond Street,
Horticultural Fete at Chiswick, The British Yeoman (family
scene) Reive,
The Farmyard, Jack in the Green, Village Fair, Spring in the
Olden Time,
The Maypole ' double page showing various scenes in London and
the country – info.
Jack o the Green was a may day parade where the participant
wears a large foliage covered garland
Poem to Celebrate the Anniversary bordered with engravings
Supplement Two:
' Completion of Cologne Cathedral ' engraving by
M. Rauch showing the front
of the cathedral at Koln in Germany
' Side View - Present State of Cologne Cathedral '
' The Poet Thomas Moore '
' The Berkshire Lad ' small engraving
' The Ayrshire Hermit - Thomas Raeburn of Kilmarnock '
' Floriculture – The Auricula ' engraving of a flowering plant
' Hull – Great Thornton Street Chapel '
' Otter Hunting ' men and hounds in and on the riverbank, chasing otters with spears and dogs
First Anniversary of The ILN
Foreign Intelligence
Parliament – The House of Lords and Commons with mention of Marquis
of Clanricarde –
Duke of Wellington – Mr Trotte4r – Mr Darby – Mr
hume – Sir J. Graham –
Earl Fitzwilliam – Mr S. O'Brien the
Chancellor of the Exchequer – Lord Hotham – and many more
' May Meetings – Philanthropic Societies include – British and
Foreign Sailors Society - - -
The Irish Evangelical Society - - - London City
Mission - - - Colonial Missionary Society - - -
Indigent Blind Visiting Society – Isleworth
Charity Schools – Temperance Society
Illustrated London News Editorial
The Court and Haut Ton – Royal Comings and Goings with ref. to the Lamentable Death of Hon. Lady Colville in a fire
Accidents and Offences includes:
A Waterman named Scott recovered the body of a man floating in the water
at
Execution Dock Stairs and removed it to the dead-house …..
Narrow Ecape by Mister H. Beverly of the Royal Victoria Theatre, an accident on an omnibus …
Fatal Accident at Woolwich Dockyard of James Mellish …
The Bear Nuisance outside the London Hospital, a woman attacked …
Country News includes:
Hop Intelligence in Kent
Sheep Stealing in Esex
Fatal Accident at Gateshead of a Mr F. W. Stanley of Bensham
Bricklayers Arrested at Manchester Regarding the Attack on Messrs Pauling and Henfreys Croft
Meeting of Pitmen at Newcastle Collieries
New in Ireland includes The Repeal Association in Dublin etc
Suicide of Miss Sarah Jane Collins at Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Epitome of News – short snippets
Hatfield House - description and history
Fashion Column by Henriette de B. from Rue Chassee d'Antin Paris
The Church of Scotland
Law Intelligence and Police includes:
Assault by Hugh Stratford Stratford at Ibbotsons Hotel Vere Street Oxford
Street on a
Mr Alexander Chisholm of Devonshire St. Portlaqnd Place thinking
he was Mr Barnard Gregory of the Satirist Newpaper
Robert Lewis a Hair Dresser of Little Pulteney Street Charged with Stabbin a Police Constable
An Outrage at Manchester – 15th Regiment of Foot attack two of the police
stations with ref. to Mr Maude –
Jamen Kersha Mayor of Manchester – Captain
Willis – Superintendent Beswick –
Inspectors M'Mullin, Maybury
and Green – General Arbuthnott – D. - Major Smith – Inspector
Lipsett - apprx 700 words
The Cabul Captivity – descriptions from "Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners" by Lady Sale and Lieut. Eyre
The Theatres
Literature
National Sports – Horse Racing etc
Various verses on May Day - - - Address to the Nightingale etc
May Poles
A Dialogue at the Chiswick Horticultural Show
History of Newspapers
The Completion of Cologne Cathedral
Thomas Moore
England and France; opr The Sisters – A Romance of Real Life by Henry Cockton Chapter XI
Floricultural Corner for Amateurs
Otter Hunting
June 10th 1843
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June 17th 1843
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July 8th 1843
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July 29th 1843
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August 5th 1843
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August 19th 1843
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August 26th 1843
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September 2nd 1843
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September 9th 1843
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September 16th 1843
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September 23rd 1843
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September 30th 1843
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October 21st 1943
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October 28th 1843
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November 4th 1843
Cambridge The Royal visit
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November 25th 1843
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December 2nd 1843
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December 16th 1843
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