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Picture No 10217260
Date 1842
Description The first Illustrated London News
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Front cover of the very first copy of the Illustrated London News, published May 14th, 1842. Founded by Herbert Ingram, who anticipated demand for a newspaper containing illustrations, the paper was an instant succeess, selling 26,000 copies in the face of competition from 400 newspapers in the country. A true innovation, the ILN laid the foundation stone for picture-led journalism of the future.
Source The Illustrated London News. 1842. Front cover.
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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