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The ''Penny Illustrated Paper'' was a cheap ( 1d.) illustrated London weekly

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that ran from 1861 to 1913.

Premises

Illustrated weekly newspapers had been pioneered by the ''

Illustrated London News ''The Illustrated London News'' appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. Founded by Herbert Ingram, it appeared weekly until 1971, then less frequently thereafter, and ceased publication in ...

'' (published from 1842, costing fivepence): its imitators included the ''

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'' (1843–48), and – after the 1855 repeal of the Stamp Act – the ''

Illustrated Times ''The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper'' was a British newspaper and rival to ''The Illustrated London News'' published between 1855 and 1872. The publisher was the Fleet Street bookseller David Bogue and the editor was Henry Vizetelly. Origin ...

''. 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 Dutie

The paper was apparently initially the charge of

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but the wife and sons of the recently deceased

Herbert Ingram Herbert Ingram (27 May 1811 – 8 September 1860) was a British journalist and politician. He is considered the father of pictorial journalism through his founding of ''The Illustrated London News'', the first illustrated magazine. He was a L ...

, proprietors of the ''Illustrated London News'', also seem to have been behind the venture. A well-known work by

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, ''Mr Fox's Hunt Breakfast on Xmas Day'', was created for issuing as a

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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
/small> at worthpoint.com, accessed 6 March 2019 The weekly newspaper ceased publication in 1913.

References

External links

Searchable online text, 1861–1913
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