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The Graphic was a weekly illustrated newspaper launched in London in 1869 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Luson_Thomas William Luson Thomas] and his brother Lewis Samuel Thomas. | This item is a collection of The Graphic’s weekly illustrated newspapers dating from July to December 1891. The weekly newspapers are bound together to create a large book, and to likely be stored as a volume. This copy of The graphic is located on the sixth floor of the University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library in the Kislak Center. | ||
==BACKGROUND== | |||
The Graphic was a weekly illustrated newspaper launched in London in 1869 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Luson_Thomas William Luson Thomas] and his brother Lewis Samuel Thomas. Upon its launch, it became quite successful; it was a common rival newspaper for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_London_News Illustrated London News], which was founded in 1842, 27 years earlier and was the first weekly illustrated newspaper in the world. | |||
Revision as of 20:33, 4 May 2022
This item is a collection of The Graphic’s weekly illustrated newspapers dating from July to December 1891. The weekly newspapers are bound together to create a large book, and to likely be stored as a volume. This copy of The graphic is located on the sixth floor of the University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library in the Kislak Center.
BACKGROUND
The Graphic was a weekly illustrated newspaper launched in London in 1869 by William Luson Thomas and his brother Lewis Samuel Thomas. Upon its launch, it became quite successful; it was a common rival newspaper for the Illustrated London News, which was founded in 1842, 27 years earlier and was the first weekly illustrated newspaper in the world.