Category: History - Modern (1750+)

The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and Progress

The Pictorial Taste Universal--The Early 'News-books'--Development of the Newspaper Press--General use of Newspapers--Establishment of Illustrated Journals--Wandering Ballad-Singers the First Newsvendors--The _English Mercurie_ of 1588--The Abolition of the Star Chamber and it...

Chapters

17. CHAPTER VII.

Revival of Wood-engraving by Thomas Bewick--The _Observer_ started, 1791--The _Times_ an Illustrated Paper--Illustrations of News in the _Observer_--St. Helena and Napoleon Bona...

12. CHAPTER II.

Illustrated Broadsides--Sir Francis Drake's Operations against the Spaniards--Papers of News in the Reign of James I.--The first Periodical Newspaper published in England--Illus...

16. CHAPTER VI.

Constant Attempts at Illustrated News--Increase of Caricatures--The _Postman_, 1704--Fiery Apparition in the Air, seen in London--Caricature against the Jacobites--The South-Sea...

13. CHAPTER III.

Ben Jonson's Ridicule of the Early Newspapers--Fondness of the Old News-Writers for the Marvellous--The Smithfield Ghost--The Wonderful Whale--The Newbury Witch--Satirical Tract...

14. CHAPTER IV.

The Civil War--Flying Sheets of News--Disturbance at Kingston-on-Thames--Plot against London--Riotous Proceedings at York, and Conspiracy in Edinburgh--The House of Commons--The...

19. CHAPTER IX.

How an Illustrated Newspaper is Produced--Wood-engraving--Boxwood--Blocks for Illustrated Newspapers--Rapid Sketching--Drawing on the Block--Method of Dividing the Block for Eng...

18. CHAPTER VIII.

The _Illustrated London News_--The Early Numbers--The Burning of Hamburgh--Facetious Advertisements--Bal Masque at Buckingham Palace--Attempted Assassination of the Queen--The Q...

15. CHAPTER V.

Decrease of Newspapers after the Civil War--_Mercurius Democritus_--_The Faithful Post_--_The Politique Post_--Broadsides for the People--The Hollow Tree at Hampstead--Prodigiou...

20. CHAPTER X.

Artists who have assisted in founding the Pictorial Press--Sir John Gilbert, R.A., G. H. Thomas, and others--Wood-Engraving and its Connexion with the Pictorial Press--Other Met...

11. CHAPTER I.

The Pictorial Taste Universal--The Early 'News-books'--Development of the Newspaper Press--General use of Newspapers--Establishment of Illustrated Journals--Wandering Ballad Sin...

7. CHAPTER VII 219

Revival of Wood-engraving by Thomas Bewick--The _Observer_ started, 1791--The _Times_ an Illustrated Paper--Illustrations of News in the _Observer_--St. Helena and Napoleon Bona...

3. CHAPTER III. 63

Ben Jonson's Ridicule of the Early Newspapers--Fondness of the Old News-Writers for the Marvellous--The Smithfield Ghost--The Wonderful Whale--The Newbury Witch--Satirical Tract...

2. CHAPTER II. 8

Illustrated Broadsides--Sir Francis Drake's Operations against the Spaniards--Papers of News in the Reign of James I.--The first Periodical Newspaper published in England--Illus...

10. CHAPTER X 355

Artists who have assisted in founding the Pictorial Press--Sir John Gilbert, R.A., G. H. Thomas, and others--Wood-Engraving and its Connexion with the Pictorial Press--Other Met...

4. CHAPTER IV. 108

The Civil War--Flying Sheets of News--Disturbance at Kingston-on-Thames--Plot against London--Riotous Proceedings at York, and Conspiracy in Edinburgh--The House of Commons--The...

6. CHAPTER VI 180

Constant Attempts at Illustrated News--Increase of Caricatures--The _Postman_, 1704--Fiery Apparition in the Air, seen in London--Caricature against the Jacobites--The South-Sea...

5. CHAPTER V. 153

Decrease of Newspapers after the Civil War--_Mercurius Democritus_--The _Faithful Post_--The _Politique Post_--Broadsides for the People--The Hollow Tree at Hampstead--Prodigiou...

8. CHAPTER VIII 284

The _Illustrated London News_--The Early Numbers--The Burning of Hamburg--Facetious Advertisements--Bal Masque at Buckingham Palace--Attempted Assassination of the Queen--The Qu...

9. CHAPTER IX 315

How an Illustrated Newspaper is Produced--Wood-Engraving--Boxwood--Blocks for Illustrated Newspapers--Rapid Sketching--Drawing on the Block--Method of Dividing the Block for Eng...

1. CHAPTER I. 1

The Pictorial Taste Universal--The Early 'News-books'--Development of the Newspaper Press--General use of Newspapers--Establishment of Illustrated Journals--Wandering Ballad-Sin...