1866 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Chapter House Westminster SALISBURY RACES (0731)

Description: Original Victorian Antique Weekly Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dated 1866 THE BUDGET Osip Ivanovich Komissarov of Russia SALISBURY RACES WILTSHIRE STAKES Beaufort House Athletics WESTMINSTER ABBEY etc. Plus much more; see main description for detailed content and condition. Victorian Weekly Newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 1866 THE BUDGET Osip Ivanovich Komissarov of Russia SALISBURY RACES WILTSHIRE STAKES Beaufort House Athletics WESTMINSTER ABBEY Original Weekly Issue This first part of the description features a list of images i.e. engravings from sketches, drawings etc. (these sometimes have descriptive articles but not always). They include: Barnes on the River Thames, London: A Procession of Boats at the Opening of the Metropolitan Boating Season - front page engraving A wonderful full page (fp) print from engraving entitled The Parents of Christ Seeking Him from a painting by E. Armitage, engraved by W. Thomas. Mary leaning wearily on a wall of a fountain talking to two women, while Joseph watches children playing in the distance; a family with a goat and a donkey taking a drink from the fountain, and a little boy sitting on the ground adjusting his sandals. Info. Edward Armitage RA (1817-1896) English painter whose work included historical, classical and biblical subjects. The page is loose. Double page showing x2 full page prints from engravings entitled The Chapter House, Westminster Abbey engraved by JM or MJ. Westminster Abbey: Chapel and Shrine of Edward the Confessor - full page engraving showing the tomb and a victorian family with a child sitting next to it. Engraved by W. Palmer. This page has a split to border not affecting the engraved area.Loght. Ossip Ivanoff Kommissaroff Kostromskoi, the Ennobled Peasant Reive Who Saved the Czar's Life - info. Osip Ivanovich Komissarov the Russian lifesaver of Emperor Alexander II. Beaufort House, Walham Green: Civil Service Athletic Sports - a half page engraving showing a sports day; spectators watching a pole vaulter etc. Zoological Society Gardens, Regent's Park: Long Eared African Sheep c.keenlyside. The Salisbury Races: The Start for the Wiltshire Stakes - half page engraving showing the start of the race showing the race horses of Mr Treen's Morris Dancer ridden by Curtis - Mr G. Payne's Pintail Ridden By Challoner - Captain G. Day's Stinger Ridden By Kenyon- Lord Rendlesham's Effervescence - Mr. E. Brayley's Lady Florence. Half page (hp) engraving. Crystal Palace, London: The Annual Choral Meeting of Metropolitan Schools - fp engraving. Chess Problem by Mr Schoumoff. Plus written moves of a "Match Between the Glasgow and Dundee Chess Clubs between r J. B. Fraser of Dundee and Delta. ~~~~ This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include: The Budget - with mention of Mr Gladstone - Chancellor of the Exchequer - Mr Jevons - Mr J. Stuart Mill. Opening of the London Boating Season - with mention of Mr Herbert Playford - Mr Charles Dickens - Mr Shirley Brooks - plus the various London boating clubs. Foreign and Colonial News: France - with mention of M. Thiers - M. Rouher - The Emperor and Empress (info. Napoleon III Eugénie de Montijo) - M. Miel - M. Adrien Marc Spain - with mention of Marshal O'Donnell Portugal - Belgium - Hungarian Diet Austria - Prussia - Italy - with mention of Count Mensdorff - Karl Blind - Attempt on the life of Count von Bismarck - General Durando - Garibaldi United States of America - with mention of The Fenians at Easport and Portland - Captain Grace - Mahony - Roberts - Mr Sumner - Mr Wilson - Mrs Jefferson Davis - President Johnson - Mr Bigelow - Mr Seward - M. Drouyn de Lhuys Births Marriages and Deaths (short announcements) - with mention of Lady Forbes - W. Warcop Peter Consett of Brawith Hall at Veitch's Hotel Edinburgh - Mister W. B. Thompson, Middle Colaba - Thomas Baker of 30 Queensborough terr, Kensington Gdns - P. Copland Esq. 3 Bedford Terr Clapham Rise - Vice Admiral C. Ebden to Fanny Cecillia Greville - Thomas B. Randall of Cullum Strett to Laura Harriett Mivart - A. Hartmann Esq of Eriach, Canton Berne to Jenny Driver - Son of Mr Thomas Peat of Hampstead to Mary Jane Beedell of Torquay - Selina Elizabeth Owen - Rev. J. H. Sundius at Grantham - Dorcas Temple at Rugby - Ernest Greaves infant son of Alfred Bean of Danson Park, Welling Kent The Weather - Results of Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory, and High Water at London Bridge (tide heights.) The Court - Royal Comings and Goings with mention of Windsor Castle, Osborne, Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice, Major Elphinstone - Princess Mary - baron Blome - Earl of Clarendon - Princess Helena - Prince Leopold - Count Gleichin - Sir George Grey - Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone - Prince Alfred - Vice Admiral Lord Clarence Paget - Sir Henry Bentinck - Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House - TheRev. T. V. Povah - Rev. Thomas Mills - Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz - The hon. Mrs A. Hardinge - etc Church and Universities including Preferments and Appointments Fashionable and Political Entertainments with mention of Countess Bernstorff - Prussian EmbassyCarlton House Terrace - Duchess of Cleveland - Marquis of Donegall - Marchioness of Downshire - Countess Cowper - Countess of Jersey and Mr Brandling - Lady Townshend Farquhar - Right Hon Sir Robert Peel and Lady Emily - Captain and Mrs Washingto Hibbert at Dover Street. Banquet at the Royal Academy The Farmc.keenlyside Sketches in Parliament - a column written by Illustrated London News correspondent in Parliament, House of Commons etc. Imperial Parliament includes: Redistribution of Seats The Scottish Reform Bill Irish Reform Bill Church Rates Austria, Prussia and Italy King Edward the Confessor's Chapel and The Chapter House, Westminster Abbey Scientific News with mention of Professor Tyndall - M. Victor Fatio - Commander Brine Wills and Bequests: Right Hon. Lady Augusta Gordon-Hallyburton of Kensington Palace, and of Hallyburton House, Forfar Right Hon Williamina Baroness Douglas of Douglas Castle and Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, and late of Grosvenor Square. Lieutenant Archibald Dyce, late of Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Square, Southampton. Mrs Charlotte Jane Thorne. Current Literature Column. Music The Theatres Royal Institution Lectures: Professor Huxley FRS on Ethnology. Professor Abel FRS History of Proposed Substitutes of Gunpowder. Professor Ansted FRS on The Application of Physical Geography and Geology to the Fine Arts. Obituary of Eminent Persons: Lord and Lady Rivers who died within two days of each other: Right Hon. George Pitt-Rivers of Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire - Susan Georgiana nee LEveson Gower. Sir John Charles Thorold of Marston County of Lincolnshire. Rev. Sir Philip Perring of Membland, Devon Martial Como Annibal Perpetue, Count De Guernon Ranville, died at Ranville near Caen. The North Yorkshire and Durham Chess Association Meeting at Redcar; with names of participants. 1205 CONDITION/DIMENSIONS This is an original USED antique newspaper and not a later re-print. The Illustrated London News was a newspaper founded by Herbert Ingram. The first edition appeared on 14 May 1842 and was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper. Nine pages (18 sides). It measures 400x 283mm (15.75x11inches). The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound (see images above), and has been reinforced/repaired on the outside. The pages are loose with some age yellowing. The pages have minor cuts, tears and blemishes due to their age; please see main list for detail. The engravings vary in size. Any watermarks on images are for display only and not on the original engravings. PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. There are three pages missing, so if you're looking for something in particular PLEASE ASK. If you require information on the size of articles (i.e. number of words) or images, please ask before bidding or buying. There are no colour images unless otherwise stated. The page numbering in the Illustrated London News carries on from the previous issue and do not start at number 1. 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