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The ''Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times'' was a cheap ( 1d.) illustrated London weekly
The paper was apparently initially the charge of Ebenezer Farringtonbr>
but the wife and sons of the recently deceased Herbert Ingram, proprietors of the ''Illustrated London News'', also seem to have been behind the venture. A well-known work by Harry B. Neilson, ''Mr Fox's Hunt Breakfast on Xmas Day'', was created for issuing as a chromolithograph with the Christmas edition of the ''Penny Illustrated Paper'' in December 1897.HARRY NEILSON - MR FOX'S HUNT BREAKFAST ON XMAS DAY - ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY
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The weekly newspaper ceased publication in 1913.
Searchable online text, 1861–1913
at British Newspapers {{commons category, The Penny Illustrated Paper Newspapers established in 1861 Publications disestablished in 1913 Defunct weekly newspapers Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom 1861 establishments in the United Kingdom
The ''Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times'' was a cheap ( 1d.) illustrated London weekly newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
that ran from 1861 to 1913.
Premises
Illustrated weekly newspapers had been pioneered by the ''Illustrated London News
''The Illustrated London News'', founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. The magazine was published weekly for most of its existence, switched to a less freq ...
'' (published from 1842, costing fivepence): its imitators included the '' Pictorial Times'' (1843–48), and – after the 1855 repeal of the Stamp Act – the '' Illustrated Times''.
With the abolition of paper duty in 1861 it was possible to envisage an even cheaper mass-circulation illustrated weekly.
History
The first issue, 12 October 1861, announced itself confidently under the masthead "PENNY ILLUSTRATED PAPER: With All the News of the Week": "A new era opens upon the people. In producing a paper for the million, let us plainly say, we want be esteemed the friend of the people ... A new era is opened to us by the Repeal of the Paper DutieThe paper was apparently initially the charge of Ebenezer Farringtonbr>
but the wife and sons of the recently deceased Herbert Ingram, proprietors of the ''Illustrated London News'', also seem to have been behind the venture. A well-known work by Harry B. Neilson, ''Mr Fox's Hunt Breakfast on Xmas Day'', was created for issuing as a chromolithograph with the Christmas edition of the ''Penny Illustrated Paper'' in December 1897.
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References
External links
Searchable online text, 1861–1913
at British Newspapers {{commons category, The Penny Illustrated Paper Newspapers established in 1861 Publications disestablished in 1913 Defunct weekly newspapers Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom 1861 establishments in the United Kingdom