The Illustrated London News 1893





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1893 Housewifery lessons for girls

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Manchester Ship Canal

1893 The Manchester ship canal

Manchester ship canal was completed.

The locks at Irlam

 

 

Fine Victorian Engravings of Lancaster

1893 dec 30 colour pic

A detailed colour painting in the ILN in December 1893

 

Some Events of this year in the 1893 Illustrated London News

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January 13th - First meeting of the Independent Labour party

April 15th - Mr Balfour addresses a crowd of 5000 in Leinster Hall, Dublin

July 13th - German Army Bill passed

August 6th - Corinth Canal Opened

September 1st - Irish Home Rule Bill passed by Commons (later rejected by the Lords)

The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894

Dvorak composed his New World symphony

Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession was banned by the censor

The Manchester ship canal was completed December 7th

 

 

January 21st

 

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  • No. 2805
  • The Crown Princess of Roumania - Princess Marie of Edinburgh - In her Wedding Dress
  • Prince Ferdinand of Roumania in his Wedding Uniform
    Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Alfred
    Drawn Image - Ceremony in the Red Room at the Castle of Sigmaringen
    Drawing Room n the Castle of Sigmaringen
    Personal - Walter H. Long - Lade Mr. Thomas Shaw - Major F.M. rundall - Miss E.M. Smyth - Late Mrs. Pennefather
    Full Page View - Castle of Krauchenwies, Near Sigmaringes, Where the Crown Prince and Princess of Roumania are Passing Their Honeymoon
    Full Two Page Image - The Marriage of Princess Marie of Edinburgh and the Crown Prince Ferdinand of Roumania in the Catholic Church at Sigmaringen
    Full Page Banquet in the Specially constructed Hall
    Tinted Images of childhood of Princess Marie of Edinburgh
    Page of Family Images
    Sigmaringen Images
    More Tinted views of the Ceremony
    Saxe-Coburg Family Images
    Bucharest Images
    Tinted Bucharest Images

The Rebel Queen by Walter Besant - With Drawn Images

Science Juttings - Dr. Andrew Wilson

Chess - Problem by J.W. Abbott

The Ladies Column - Mrs. Fenwick-Miller - Image of Miss Frances E. Willard and Lady Henry Somerset

Ecclesiastical Notes

Art Notes - Images of
J.J. Eden the Winner
R. Erichsson
The Last Round of Eden V. Ericsson - Eden Winner

Home and Foreign News

The Late Mrs. Frances Anna Kemble - with Image

Music

Obituary

Ads Include
International Fur Store
Poultry - Mappin & webb's
Liebig - Company's Extract of Beef
Hotel victoria
S.Sainsbury's Lavender Water
Peter Robinson - Annual Winter Sale
The Midget Razor
Mappin Brothers Queen's Cutlery
Jay's Mourning House
Parisian Diamond Company
Christy Bread Knife
Brooke's soap
Goldsmiths' Alliance Jewellery and Silver Plate
Benger's Food
De Jong's Cocoa
The Breechloader

Full Page Ad for Mellin's Food for Infants & Invalids

Ads for
Lipton's Teas
Allen & Hamburys Cod Liver Oli
Sozodont
Vaverley - Sold Everywhere
Macniven & Cameron Pens

 

 

 

 

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January 7th to -June 24th



April 1st

Short story The Rebel Queen by Walter Besant

Adverts :Chancery lane Safe deposit, Mappin and Webb, Brown and Polson's Cornflour
Players Navy Cut Tobacco, Savoy and Moore, Hampton and Sons, Elkingtons Electroplate, Bovril, Fry's Cocoa
Bread and Hovis Biscuits, Carrs Ladder Tapes,Cash's woven names, Van Houtens Cocoa, Geraudels Pastilles
The Association of Diamond Merchants, Jewelers and Silversmiths
Lipton Tea, Thompson Spring safety, Zebra grate polish, Beecham's Pills, Edwards harlene for Hair, Swift reservoir penholder
Brookes Soap, Dores Suits, Hopgoods Hair cream, Goddards Plate powder, John Alvey Turner - Banjos mandolins and Guitars, Carters Liver Pills, C. Bond and Son, Pears Soap, Dinneford's Magnesia, Beethams Glycerine Cucumber, Foots Home Exerciser, Sozodont Martell's Brandy, Schweppe's Table waters, Benedictine Liqueur, Joseph Gillott's pens, Bensons Watches
Claxtons Ear Cap, Christy Bread Knife, Lord Kelvin Hot and Cold Water Tap, No. 4711 Eau de Cologne, Kodak, Neave's Food

 

October 7th 1893

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'Master at Balliol College - the Late Professor Jowett '

Louise The Queen of Denmark with Her Daughters – The Princess of Wales ( Alexandra later Queen Consort) –

Dagmar The Empress of Russia ' the ladies going out for a drive in a pony carriage at Fredensborg Castle Denmark

Art:

' The Late Mr Albert Moore '

' Azaleas – Painting by Albert Moore '

' Follow My Leader – Painting by Albert Moore ' from photographs by Mr F. Hollyer of Pembroke Square

Scene from "Sowing the Wind" at the Comedy Theatre – Mr Brandon Thomas – Miss Winifred Emery .

' Balliol College with the Masters Residence ' photograph by Hills and Saunders

' The Late Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill '

' Late President of the Institute of Journalists - Mr Charles Russell '

'The Late David James – As Perkyn Middlewick in Reive "Our Boys" ..' actor

Church Congress at Birmingham -:

' Archbishop of Canterbury – Edward White Benson '

' Bishop of Durham - Brooke Foss Westcott '

' Archbishop of York - William Dalrymple Maclagan '

' Rev Dr Forrest '

' Bishop of Worcester the President of the Congress - John James Stewart Perowne '

' Canon Wilkinson '

' Archdeacon Farrar '

' Bishop of Chester - Francis John Jayne '

' Canon Wilberforce '

Full pages – photographs by H. J. Whitlock of Birmingham – Russell of Baker Street London – S. A. Walker of Regent Street – Bassano of Old Bond Street – Lawrence of Dublin

Illustrations for a short story sketched by A. Forestier

Conflict in Brazil -:

' Leader of the Brazilian Insurrection – Rear Admiral Jose de Mello ' engraving fro a photograph by Alves Ferreira and Rottgen of Rio de Janeiro

' Rio De Janeiro – Dom Pedro II Square ' view of the square with the Igreja da Candelaria ( church ), other buildings and a grass/tree area in the foreground, carts lined up – fro ma photograph

' Rio de Janeiro from the Bay ' engraving showing sailing ships, steam vessels etc in the foreground with the city, Sugarloaf mountain, and ot her mountains beyond

' A Brazilian Cavalry Soldier ' from a drawing by Melton Prior

' Brazilian Infantry Soldier of the Line with Field Kit – Drill Order Cap – Review Order Cap – Full Uniform ' from a drawing by Melton Prior – info. Melton Prior was and English artist and war correspondent for the ILN

Full page with text

The Conflict in Argentina -:

' Sketch Map of the Argerntine Confederation – Showing Bolivia in the North down to Tierra del Fuego in the South ' .

' Near Buenos Ayres - The Moving Stone ' from a photograph

' Buenos Ayres - The Called De Rivadavia '

' Buenos Ayres – Central Market '

' The National Bank in Buenos Ayres '

' Buenos Ayres – Reviewing The Troops in the Plaza de la Victoria ' – info. Plaza de la Mayo

' Costumes, Mantles and Millinery from Messrs Jay's of Regent Street ' advert

' The Amersham Drawing Room Suite from Maple and Co. Of Tottenham Court Road ' advert

' Geraudel's Pastilles – Norway Pine Tar ' advert

' Wills Navy Cut Capstan Brand by W. D. And H. O. Wills ' advert

' Cheapside ¾ Plate Keyless Lever Watch - Ladies Gold Keyless Half Chronometer - Lady's Gold Keyless Watch - Standard Gold Keyless ¾ Plate half Chronometer Watch - Fron Sir john Bennett Ltd ' advert showing five types of watch

' Best Tent for Africa and Trestle Cot – Benjamin Edgington Ltd of 2 Duke Street London Bridge ' advert

' The Patent Masticator from Fordham and Smith of 2 Helmet Buildings, Wormwood Street, London ' small advert showing the device

' Ten Months Old Twins of J. D. Harvey of 18 Grove Vale, East Dulwich - Mellins Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites ' advert showing an engraving of the twins

Note Book Page by James payn

Norwich Musical Festival

Albert Moore by Frederick Wedmore

The Playhouses by Clement Scott

Home and Foreign News includes:

The Miners or Collieries Strike

Impending Visit of the Russian Naval Squadron in France The French Treaty of Peace with Siam

And More

The Magazines Column by Tighe Hopkins

Short paragraph by Clement Scott with an apology to Mister Pinero .

The Trial of the Sword by Gilbert Parker – short story

Science Column by Dr Andrew Wilson

Obituary :

Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Abercromby Nelson of The Manor house, Langley, Bucks who died at Walmer, Bath Road, reading

Rev. Benjamin Jowett died at headley Park, Liphool the residence of Mr Justice Wright

Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwook KCB of the General Post Office

Deaths (short announcements): Dame Elizabeth Eastlake widow of Sir Charles PRA - - - Mr Benjamin Whitworth JP, Mr Albert Moore, Mr David Belasco aka David James the Comedian

Meeting of the Toynbee Cdntre of the London Unviersity Extension Society

Meeting of the Shareholders of Armstrong, Mitchell and Co at Newcastle, Lord Armstrong attended

Wills and Bequests include – Mr Richard Oxley of 13 Selborne Road, Hove, Mr Frederick Burgess of St James Hall, Piccadilly and Burgess Hall, Finchley, Mr William Holloway CSI late of Egmore, Westgate on Sea, Mr William Morse Graily Hewitt MD of 36 Berkeley Square

 

 

 

October 21st 1893

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first matabele war

 

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The Matabele War: Building police huts at Fort Macloutsie

 

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The Matabili War: Following the spoor of the late Captain Williams

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