The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and ProgressJackson, Mason
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The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and Progress
Jackson, Mason
Illustration of books; Newspapers -- Illustrations
April 9.--Greenacre taking notes at his examination before the
magistrates at Marylebone Police Office. Exterior of Greenacre's house
in Carpenter's Buildings, Windmill Lane, Camberwell. View of Pineapple
Gate, Edgware Road, where the body was found. Matthew Hale, lock-keeper,
who found the head. Rear of Greenacre's house. A back room looking into
the garden. Portraits of Mrs. Gale and child taken while under
examination at Marylebone Police Office. Room where the horrible
mutilation was committed. Osierbed in Cold Harbour Lane, where the legs
were found.
April 16.--Trial of Greenacre.
April 23.--Chapel in Newgate, sketched during the preaching of the
condemned sermon to Greenacre.
April 30.--Greenacre in condemned cell.
[Illustration: CHAPEL IN NEWGATE: THE CONDEMNED SERMON. FROM THE 'WEEKLY
CHRONICLE,' APRIL 23, 1837.
1. Sheriffs' Pew.
2. Governor's Pew.
3. Condemned Pew.]
On May 7 the _Weekly Chronicle_ wound up this series of illustrations by
publishing a large cut, which it entitled, 'A scene in the Old Bailey,
immediately before the execution, engraved expressly for the _Weekly
Chronicle_ by a distinguished artist.' According to an announcement in
the paper itself, the sale of the _Weekly Chronicle_ during the
publication of these engravings was 130,000.
[Illustration: THE CONDEMNED CELL, NEWGATE. FROM THE 'WEEKLY CHRONICLE,'
APRIL 30, 1837.]
On May 14, 1837, the _Weekly Chronicle_ published portraits of Sir
Francis Burdett and Mr. Leader, the former of a superhuman length, with
a shocking bad hat. In the following number, as if the public had not
been sufficiently supplied with horrors, there was printed 'a sketch of
Eliza Davis as she lay on the mattress after the murder.' This was known
as the Frederick Street murder, and was remarkable from the
circumstances, and from the fact that the murderer was never
discovered. This paper now commenced 'The Pictorial Gallery,
illustrating every object of interest and curiosity in Art, Science,
Literature, and Amusement. (To be continued weekly.)' In this series
were published a view of the Euston Railway Station, a portrait of
Madame Taglioni, a sketch of a novel mode of propelling balloons,
representations of the Bedouin Arabs, the City of London School, the
Adelaide Gallery, the Hippodrome at Bayswater, proclamation of Queen
Victoria at Temple Bar, portraits of the Queen, the late King, the Earl
of Durham, and the Duchess of Kent. Then followed a view of the Royal
Mausoleum at Windsor, and several illustrations of Mr. Cocking's fatal
descent in a parachute.
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