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The pictorial press: its origin and progress

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This work examines the history and evolution of pictorial press.

Contents

The pictorial taste universal -- Illustrated broadsides -- Ben Jonson's ridicule of the early newspapers -- The Civil War -- Decrease of newspapers after the Civil War -- Constance attempts at illustrated news -- Revival of wood-engraving by Thomas Bewick -- The Illustrated London News -- How an illustrated newspaper is produced -- Artists who have assisted in founding the Pictorial Press.

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    London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885

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    • Title vignette.
    • "Some of the chapters ... in a condensed form were published a few years ago in the Illustrated London news."--Preface

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