The Illustrated London News

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The Illustrated London News was a pioneering British weekly newspaper, founded in 1842, that became famous as the world’s first illustrated news magazine, combining detailed engravings with reporting on current events.

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The Illustrated London News canonical 5
Illustrated London News 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf illustrated newspaper
news magazine
weekly newspaper
alternativeName ILN NERFINISHED
circulationArea British Empire NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coveredEvent 19th-century European conflicts
Crimean War NERFINISHED
Victorian-era royal ceremonies
foundingDate 1842
genre current affairs
news
hasFormat broadsheet
print
hasRoleIn development of photojournalism
popularization of visual news reporting
hasSubject culture
current events
international news
politics
royal events
social issues
war reporting
historicalPeriod Victorian era
illustrationType black-and-white engravings
inception 1842
influenced later illustrated magazines
pictorial journalism
innovation integration of images and text in news coverage
language English
mediaType magazine
newspaper
notableFor being the world’s first illustrated news magazine
pioneering the use of detailed engravings in news reporting
originalAudience British public
middle-class readers
printingTechnique wood engraving
publicationFrequency weekly
publisherLocation London NERFINISHED
typeOfContent editorial commentary
feature articles
illustrated supplements
news reports
usesMedium illustrations
wood engravings

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Clement Shorter employer The Illustrated London News
The Graphic competitor The Illustrated London News
The Graphic mergedInto The Illustrated London News
Country Life formerPublisher The Illustrated London News
this entity surface form: Illustrated London News
G. K. Chesterton employer The Illustrated London News
Sir William Russell Flint workedFor The Illustrated London News
Charles Mackay employer The Illustrated London News
this entity surface form: Illustrated London News