News Collection (page 17)

WWI News Vendors Stand Poster
Daily Sketch newspaper -- Mr T (Tommy) Atkins, Ancre Ville (Ancreville), WW1 News Vendors stand poster. Showing a group of British soldiers occupying a French house on the Somme, northern France

Page from The Illustrated London News, 23rd November 1912
An example of an inside page from The Illustrated London News, dated 23rd November 1912.Pictures promote Christmas Numbers of both the Sketch and The Illustrated London News

King George I of Greece enters Salonika, 1912
Front page of The Illustrated London News, dated 23rd November 1912. The King George I of Greece is pictured riding into Salonika(also known as Thessaloniki)

Page from The Illustrated London News, 30th November 1912
An example of an inside page from The Illustrated London News, dated 30th November 1912. Date: 1912

Silhouette heading, Financial Frills and Thrills, by H.L. Oakley, for The Bystander magazine. Showing two men in top hats, sitting in their respective armchairs, reading their newspapers. Date: 1920

Discussing the new Irish Land Act, 1881
A small family party, plus a neighbour or two, discuss the hot topic of the day: the new Irish Land Act Date: 1881

Cooking classes. Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, 1921. Engraving

Panama Canal Being Built. The Illustrated London News. (1888). Engraving

JONAS, Lucien Hector (1880-1947). First World War. The reading of good news at a French camp. 1916. Litography

A Candid Communiqu鬠by Bairnsfather
A Candid Communiqu駠 There is undoubtedly some enemy war news you can believe AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL: " We firmly held all the ground we took yesterday" A cartoon by Captain Bruce

American ships in harbour, Barcelona, Spain
American ships in harbour at Barcelona, Spain. They include destroyers USS Barton (DD722), USS Strong (DD758) and heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA148). circa 1950

Reading Armistice terms on a village green by night
A small group of British villagers, having received a newspaper containing the terms of the Armistice, signalling the end of the First World War, gather around on a village green to hear the news

Reading news of the Armistice in Daily Mirror, WW1
An elderly couple peering at the Daily Mirror newspaper to read news of the Armistice, signed at 5 am on 11th November 1918, bringing an end to the hostilities of the First World War. Date: 1918

ILN front cover - Royal Issue 1989
Front cover of The Illustrated London News royal issue, 1989 featuring a picture of Prince Charles surrounded by modern buildings of which he was - and still is - so critically outspoken. Date: 1989

ILN front cover - Shakespeare commemoration banquet
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing a banquet in the pavilion at Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the Shakespeare Commemoration activities

ILN front cover - laying foundation stone, Thames Embankment
Front cover of The Illustrated London News with an engraving of showing the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Thames Embankment, in front of Whitehall Stairs in July 1864

ILN front cover - Summer 1989, Westminster
Front cover of The Illustrated London News Summer 1989 issue featuring a painting of the Houses of Parliament by Philip Sutton. An exhibition of his paintings was held in June that year. Date: 1989

ILN front cover - start of Thames Embankment works
Front cover of The Illustrated London News depicting the commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge in February 1864. Date: 1864

Illustrated War News - Quinine parade in Salonika
Front cover of The Illustrated War News with a photograph showing soldiers - possibly Anzacs - taking a dose of quinine at Salonika to guard against malaria. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News - Canadians on the Western Front
Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of Canadian soldiers having their lunch in a trench on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News - British soldier in captured dug-out
Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a British soldier posing inside the entrance of a captured German dug-out. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News - Dog in a trench mortar, WW1
Front cover of the Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a small dog peering out of the gun barrel of a German trench mortar captured by Canadians on the Western Front. Date: 1917

Illustrated War News - Tommy at the Front
Front cover of The Illustrated War News with a photograph of typical British Tommies at the Front with blankets over their uniform to ward against the cold. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News - King decorates munition worker
Front cover of The Illustrated War News with a photograph of King George V decorating Miss Lizzie Robinson, a munitions worker from Glasgow, for excellent conduct and attendance at her work

Illustrated War News front cover, shooting from plane
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring an illustration of a British plane with the pilot shooting a revolver mid-flight

Illustrated War News front cover, artillery
Front cover of the Illustrated War News showing a team of artillery, with horses pulling guns during a bombardment. The Illustrated War News was a weekly magazine produced by the Illustrated London

Illustrated War News front cover, soldier writing letter
Front cover of the fourth issue of weekly magazine, The Illustrated War News, produced by the Illustrated London News and dedicated to covering all aspects of the First World War through a mix of

Illustrated War News front cover, Allied soldiers, Aug 1914
Front cover of the second issue of the Illustrated War News featuring an illustration of British, Belgian and French infantrymen. Date: 1914

Illustrated War News front cover, naval, 12 August 1914
Front cover of the first issue of the Illustrated War News, produced within a week of the outbreak of the First World War and dedicated to covering all aspects of the conflict

Rumbles from the Rhine by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Yer know Bert, I reckon they ought to stop the sale of this ere Bolshevism and Cocaine? Old Bill, the comic creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine

H. Warner Allen, war correspondent, WW1
Mr. H. Warner Allen, special correspondent for The Morning Post and Daily News during the First World War. For about a year he was the sole representative of the British Press with the French forces

Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France
A double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain

Sphere cover - German retreat from Lille, 1918
Front cover of The Sphere featuring an illustration by Fortunino Matania showing a scene in Lille when the British finally recaptured the town from the retreating Germans in October 1918

ILN front cover - Autumn Issue 1989
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, Autumn Issue 1989 featuring a painting of a London park scene by Michael Chase. Date: 1989

Drawing Lots for Christmas Leave, WW1
Illustration by Samuel Begg in the Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1916 showing British soldiers on the Western Front drawing lots out of a steel helmet to decide who gets Christmas

The Letter from Home by Samuel Begg, WW1
" From His Little Girl: The Letter from Home" published in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number in 1916

The Duchess of Gloucester by Stephen Ward
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, formerly Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1901-2004), wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

The Duke of Kent by Stephen Ward
Edward, Duke of Kent (1935 - ), son of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece; the present Queens cousin pictured in 1961 when he had represented his cousin the Queen at the Sierra

Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
Cover of the Illustrated London News Special Double Number on 6th June 1914 commemorating the loss of the Empress of Ireland which sank in the early hours of 29th May 1914 with great loss of life

Illustrated London News page 2, 19th October 1844
Page two of the Illustrated London News, 19th October 1844 Date: 1844

Illustrated London News cover, 19th October 1844
Cover of the Illustrated London News, 19th October 1844 featuring an engraving of an explosion at the Kings Bastion in Portsmouth which killed two artillerymen. Date: 1844

Illustrated London News page 2, 14th May 1842
Page two (the inside front cover) of the first edition of the Illustrated London News, 14th May 1842 Date: 1842

Illustrated London News page 4, 1st October 1842
Page 4 of the Illustrated London News, 1st October 1842, featuring engravings of Glenartney, the pass of Glen Ogle, and the Trident ship at Granton Pier. Date: 1842

Illustrated London News page 3, 1st October 1842
Page 3 of the Illustrated London News, 1st October 1842 Date: 1842

Illustrated London News page 2, 1st October 1842
Page two of the Illustrated London News, 1st October 1842 Date: 1842

Illustrated London News cover, 1st October 1842
Cover of the Illustrated London News, 1st October 1842, featuring an article on our relations with America, and an engraving of the oration at Christs Hospital. Date: 1842

Illustrated London News, 12th July 1845, page 2
Second page of the Illustrated London News, 12th July 1845 Date: 1845

Illustrated London News cover, 12th July 1845
Cover of the Illustrated London News from 12th July 1845 featuring an article on the Druses and Maronites, and an engraving of the conflict at Ballinhassig in Ireland 1845

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