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Frank Vizetelly (26 September 1830 – disappeared 5 November 1883) was a British journalist who reported in several parts of the world. He was presumed killed in
''Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America''
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2011, Volume 1, pp. 370–372 He disappeared, presumed killed, during the massacre of Hicks Pasha's army in Sudan.
''Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries: Frank Vizetelly''
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, 1961 *Bostick, Douglas W. ''The Confederacy's Secret Weapon: The Civil War Illustrations of Frank Vizetelly''. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009. *Hoole, William Stanley. ''Vizetelly Covers the Confederacy''. Tuscaloosa, Ala: Confederate Pub. Co, 1957.
Works by Frank Vizetelly in New York Public LibraryDrawing the War: Frank Vizetelly
''Emerging Civil War'' 1830 births 1883 deaths English war correspondents British people of the Mahdist War {{UK-journalist-stub
Frank Vizetelly (26 September 1830 – disappeared 5 November 1883) was a British journalist who reported in several parts of the world. He was presumed killed in Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
during the Battle of Shaykan
The Battle of Shaykan was fought between Anglo-Egyptian forces under the command of Hicks Pasha and forces of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in the woods of Shaykan near Kashgil near the town of El-Obeid on 3–5 November 1883.
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Biography
Frank was the son of James Henry Vizetelly (1790–1838), who founded a firm of ''Vizetelly & Company'' known for publishing George Cruikshank's ''Comic Almanack'', and younger brother of James and Henry Vizetelly, both active in journalism and publishing. He was born in London and educated inBoulogne
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
, and went to Paris in 1857.
There, he was an early editor of the French weekly newspaper '' Le Monde Illustré''. From 1859, he was employed as a war correspondent and artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...
by the '' Illustrated London News'', founded by his older brother, Henry. He traveled to Italy, Spain, and America, where he reported from both sides of the Civil War, and Egypt.Manning, Martin J., and Clarence R. Wyatt''Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America''
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2011, Volume 1, pp. 370–372 He disappeared, presumed killed, during the massacre of Hicks Pasha's army in Sudan.
References
Further reading
''Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries: Frank Vizetelly''
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, 1961 *Bostick, Douglas W. ''The Confederacy's Secret Weapon: The Civil War Illustrations of Frank Vizetelly''. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009. *Hoole, William Stanley. ''Vizetelly Covers the Confederacy''. Tuscaloosa, Ala: Confederate Pub. Co, 1957.
External links
Works by Frank Vizetelly in New York Public Library
''Emerging Civil War'' 1830 births 1883 deaths English war correspondents British people of the Mahdist War {{UK-journalist-stub