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The Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection (page 2)

A unique, visual archive of 19th century Victorian Britain historical illustrations

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Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Fen Flood

Fen Flood
24th May 1862: An attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain during the Great Flood in the Fens. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Arriving for Shilling Day, The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)

Arriving for Shilling Day, The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)
Digital Vision Vectors, 117952118

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Philadelphia Centennial Festival Street Scene, 1876, Illustrated London News

Philadelphia Centennial Festival Street Scene, 1876, Illustrated London News
centenary, Digital Vision Vectors, 117924555

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Victorian family on Christmas Eve - The Illustrated London News

Victorian family on Christmas Eve - The Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 117951872

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Men scrambling for pence in street, 1876, Illustrated London News

Men scrambling for pence in street, 1876, Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 117952236

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Gathering for the Pantomime: Dream of Chancifancia, Illustrated London News

Gathering for the Pantomime: Dream of Chancifancia, Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 117951877

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Queuing on Shilling Day, The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)

Queuing on Shilling Day, The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)
Digital Vision Vectors, 117952245

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Monsieur Ricard, French Liberal politician - The Illustrated London News

Monsieur Ricard, French Liberal politician - The Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 118091038

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Running girls - Illustrated London News Christmas 1870 cover

Running girls - Illustrated London News Christmas 1870 cover
" Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 24, 1870.Cover of the Christmas Supplement, showing two girls running towards the viewer with a family gathering in

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Flamingos in the Zoological Societys Gardens, Illustrated London News

Flamingos in the Zoological Societys Gardens, Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday August 13, 1853

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Refreshment room at the House of Commons, Illustrated London News

Refreshment room at the House of Commons, Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday August 13, 1853

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Five Shilling Day visitors The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)

Five Shilling Day visitors The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)
Digital Vision Vectors, 117952100

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Colliery mining disaster 1877 - The Illustrated London News

Colliery mining disaster 1877 - The Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 118204733

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Nurse caring for a soldier, 1870, The Illustrated London News

Nurse caring for a soldier, 1870, The Illustrated London News
Franco-prussian War, Digital Vision Vectors, 117951851

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Sanatorium

Sanatorium
July 1851: A sanatorium in Victoria Park, designed by Joseph Paxton FLS for the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest. Illistrated London News - pub

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Rolling Saloon

Rolling Saloon
25th September 1861: The grand saloon of the Great Eastern steam ship when the ship rolled during a gale. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Atlantic Telegraph

Atlantic Telegraph
May 1865: Messages arrive from Brunels steamship the Great Eastern in the instrument room of the Telegraph House at Foilhommerum in Valencia

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Broadmoor Terrace

Broadmoor Terrace
July 1867: Male and female patients indulging in outdoor leisure pursuits on the terrace at Broadmoor, a hospital for the criminally insane in Berkshire

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: A Fairy Tale

A Fairy Tale
21st December 1867: A magical scene from fairyland. Original Artwork: After J A Fitzgerald (1832-1906). Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Out Of This World

Out Of This World
25th June 1870: A monk with a tonsure plays a clavichord while another monk follows him from a musical score. Original Artist - R Lehmann Illuatrated London News - pub

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Ludgate Hill railway bridge, St Pauls Cathedral, Illustrated London News

Ludgate Hill railway bridge, St Pauls Cathedral, Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday November 14, 1863

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Elephant transportation - The Illustrated London News

Elephant transportation - The Illustrated London News
" Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday May 27, 1876.This illustration shows the Prince of Wales Indian elephants being ridden by road from Portsmouth to the Zoological

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Statue of railway pioneer George Stephenson The Illustrated London News

Statue of railway pioneer George Stephenson The Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 18, 1852

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Vision of the departing year - Illustrated London News

Vision of the departing year - Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 24, 1870.Entitled A Vision of the departing year, this illustrations shows a woman sleeping

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Victorian Christmas Market 1870 - The Illustrated London News

Victorian Christmas Market 1870 - The Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 118103618

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Virgin and Child statue The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)

Virgin and Child statue The Great Exhibition (Illustrated London News)
Podium, Digital Vision Vectors, 118091022

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Victorian Characters: The Miller and his Man, Illustrated London News

Victorian Characters: The Miller and his Man, Illustrated London News
Digital Vision Vectors, 118085961

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: The Great Exhibition trancept 1851, Illustrated London News

The Great Exhibition trancept 1851, Illustrated London News
transept, Digital Vision Vectors, 117933648

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Inauguration of the New York Crystal Palace, Illustrated London News

Inauguration of the New York Crystal Palace, Illustrated London News
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday August 13, 1853

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Blantyre Mining Disaster

Blantyre Mining Disaster
The list of the dead is read outside miners cottages at Blantyre Colliery in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, after a gas explosion killed 207 miners on 2nd October 1877

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Under the Alps

Under the Alps
13th February 1869: Engineers building a railway tunnel under Mount Cenis in the Alps. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Kara-Kara Trumpeters

Kara-Kara Trumpeters
25th April 1903: The King of Kara-Karas State Trumpeters at the Anglo-French Boundary Settlement Commission during the colonisation of Nigeria

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: King George III with the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

King George III with the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
" History Of England :First meeting of George III with the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz, engraved by J.Rogers from painting by W.M.Craig and publihed by John Tallis a Company

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: QUEEN VICTORIA IN HER CORONATION IN 1837

QUEEN VICTORIA IN HER CORONATION IN 1837
Portrait of Queen Victoria in 1837. Published by the Illustrated London News in 1897. Vintage engraving circa late 19th century

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: QUEEN VICTORIA IN HER CORONATION IN 1837 -XXXL with lots of details

QUEEN VICTORIA IN HER CORONATION IN 1837 -XXXL with lots of details
Portrait of Queen Victoria in 1837. Published by the Illustrated London News in 1897. Vintage engraving circa late 19th century. Digital restoration by Pictore

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Holly and mistletoe frame with two Victorian girls collecting firewood

Holly and mistletoe frame with two Victorian girls collecting firewood
Two young Victorian girls collecting firewood in snowy woodland. The illustration is set within a border of holly and mistletoe leaves and berries

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vintage engraving of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 to 1882. An American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. The London Illustrated News, 1882

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News

Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News
" Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 18, 1852.The magnificent new engines now worked on the London

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Tomkins and Challoner, led to gallows, Holborn, London, 1643 (illustration)

Tomkins and Challoner, led to gallows, Holborn, London, 1643 (illustration)
" Scanned directly from Old and New London - Its History, its people and its places, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Holborn Valley Viaduct, London (1871 engraving)

Holborn Valley Viaduct, London (1871 engraving)
The Holborn Valley Viaduct in the City of London - an engraving from " Collins Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood", price one shilling; published by William Collins

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: HMS Warspite at Woolwich

HMS Warspite at Woolwich
HMS Warspite, the Marine Societys Training Ship in the River Thames at Woolwich, London. The Marine Society was founded in 1756 because of a shortage of volunteers for the British navy

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Disapproving man discovering another proposing to a lady

Disapproving man discovering another proposing to a lady
A profoundly disapproving man objecting to the intentions of a military officer who is down on one knee proposing to a shocked-looking lady. The gardener in the background looks maliciously amused

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Outraged

Outraged
It is difficult to know who is the more outraged here - the gentleman with the beard, the servant, or the group of people at this social gathering

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: The Marriage at Cana of Galilee (Victorian engraving)

The Marriage at Cana of Galilee (Victorian engraving)
Jesus performing the miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana of Galilee. From " Favourite Bible Stories" published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Golden Buildings, London, from Dickens David Copperfield (illustration)

Golden Buildings, London, from Dickens David Copperfield (illustration)
" Scanned directly from Old and New London - Its History, its people and its places, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Weighing Prisoners

Weighing Prisoners
Prisoners being weighed at Coldbath Fields Prison (also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in London, 1874. Published in the Illustrated London News - pub. 27th June 1874

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: April - Kate Greenaway, 1884

April - Kate Greenaway, 1884
From the Kate Greenaway Almanack for 1884, an illustration for the month of April. The Almanack for 1884 by Kate Greenaway was published by George Routledge & Sons of London and New York

Background imageThe Illustrated London News (ILN) Collection: Regency-style young woman - Kate Greenaway, 1884

Regency-style young woman - Kate Greenaway, 1884
An illustration of a young Regency-style woman from the Kate Greenaway Almanack for 1884. The Almanack for 1884 by Kate Greenaway was published by George Routledge & Sons of London and New York



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