The best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, 21

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We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows Japanese gladiators.

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Japanese Gladiators by J Palmer

The second picture shows the Carnival at Venice.

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The Carnival at Venice, Scene on the Square of St Mark by Cosson Smeeton

The third picture shows the burial of a soldier from the New York Firemen Zouaves during the Civil War.

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Burial of One of the New York Firemen Zouaves on the Banks of the Potomac, Virginia by F J Skill

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Illustrated Times’ (London 1855-1866) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

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