The best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, 49

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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 the new Reading-Room at the British Museum.

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The New Reading-Room at the British Museum

The second picture shows a Public Soup Kitchen.

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Public Soup Kitchen by E Hull

The third picture shows a sick boy and his mother.

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The Sick Boy by T Roberts

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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