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Introductory Materials

  • Introduction to the magazine by C.N. Williamson in The Magazine of Art (1890)
  • The Magazine’s Artists
  • Social Commentary and Victorian Illustration: The Representation of Working Class Life, 1837–1880
  • Gustave Doré, The Graphic, and Social Realism of the Seventies and Eighties

    • Covers of The Graphic (1886 and 1890)

  • Drury Lane's 'Aladdin' and The Circus at Covent Garden (9 January 1886)
  • Visit of the Queen to Liverpool (22 May 1886)
  • Christmas in the Field in the Servian-Bulgarian War (2 January 1886)
  • Christmas in Camp at Nisch — "Roast Pork" The War between Servia and Bulgaria (2 January 1886)
  • Angling Tournament at Orleans House (12 June 1886)
  • The Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exposition by the Queen (8 May 1886)
  • A Tragedy in a Bell Tent (27 March 1886)
  • The Opening of the Exhibition at Edinburgh (15 May 1886)
  • "Helena at Troas" at Hengler's Circus, London, and "An Agricultural Station (5 June 1886)
  • The Calpe Hunt in Gibraltar — The Hunt of the Cape Hounds (1 May 1886)
  • Opening of the New Theatre in Oxford (27 February 1886)
  • With the Tongboo Field Force, Burma-Somerset Light Infantry Crossing the Twsa River (16 January 1886)
  • The Death of King Ludwig II of Bulgaria (26 June 1886)
  • "The Death of Cleopatra" (13 December 1890)

    • Notable Men and Women

  • Lady Butler (Miss Elizabeth Thompson)
  • Sophia Bryant, First Lady Doctor of Science
  • Randolph Caldecott
  • Wilkie Collins
  • M. C. Dawes, First Lady Master of Arts
  • Charles Reade
  • Lieut.-General A. Cunningham Robertson, C.B.

    • Work in Various Industries

  • London Life in the East End – Sack Making by the Light of a Street Lamp
  • The Coal District
  • Working in a Coal Mine (15 illustrations)
  • Shoe-Making
  • Constructing the Forth Bridge
  • Unloading Norwegian Ice

    • Bristol

  • A Bustling Street Corner
  • The Road to the Agricultural Show — The Victoria Rooms and the Academy of Arts.
  • The Docks and the Church of St. Mary Redcliff.
  • Entrance to the Royal Agricultural Show
  • Clifton Promenade — Evening
  • Glasnevin
  • Staircase in the City Schools, Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital
  • St. Peter’s Hospital
  • Triumphal; Arch on Bristol Bridge
  • The Cathedral from Cumberland Basin
  • Tower of the Temple Church with the Armada Fountain
  • Tower of St. John’s Church
  • The Mayor’s Chapel
  • The Drawbridge and St. Stephen’s Church
  • Interior of the Church of St. Mary Redcliff
  • The Church of St. Mary Redcliff
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    Dublin

  • Headpiece for the magazine’s article on Ireland’s capital city
  • Dublin Illustrated: Bird’s-Eye View from the Summit of Nelson Column
  • The Custom House
  • Christ Church Cathedral and the Synod House from the Library
  • Crypt in Christ Church Cathedral
  • Norman Doorway in Christ Church Cathedral
  • The Bank of Ireland
  • Trinity College
  • Trinity College Library
  • The College Green
  • Dublin Castle
  • Courtyard of the Castle
  • The Chapel Royal and Tower
  • View in Phoenix Park
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  • St. Stephen’s Green
  • New Railway Bridge over the Liffey
  • The Rotundo
  • New Tunnel Under Phoenix Park
  • New Station at North Wall.
  • The Four Courts
  • Old Parliament House (interior)
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the nave
  • The Chapel Royal
  • Sackville Street from Carlisle Bridge
  • Monuments in Dublin
  • The Prince Consort Memorial
  • The O’Connell Monument, Glasnevin
  • Grafton Street
  • The Liberties
  • Howth Castle, Dublin Bay
  • The Marlborough Street Schools [The National Department of Irish Education]
  • St. Michan’s Church
  • Glasnevin

    • Celebrated Men of Ireland

  • Daniel O’Connell
  • Jonathan Swift
  • Oliver Goldsmith
  • Edmund Burke
  • Henry Grattan
  • Thomas Moore

    • The Nile Expedition to Rescue General Gordon in the Sudan

  • The Nile at Assouan, with the Encampments of the British Troops
  • Four Scenes at Assouan and Wady Halfa
  • Lord Woldey’s Steamer Being Towed Up the Rapids.
  • Pulling a Boat through the Rapids of the Great Cataract
  • Four Scenes at Wady Halfa, General Wolsey’s Headquarters
  • Five O’Clock Tea with the Hospital Sisters at Wady Halfa
  • The British Camel Corps in the Nile Campaign
  • The Graphic Map: European Possessions in Africa in 1884 — and What Happened Next

    • Miscellaneous

  • Alnwick Castle (12 Illustrations)
  • Cragside, Residence of Sir William Armstrong (6 illustrations)
  • Articles the 1884 Cholera Epidemic
  • London Jews (30 illustrations)
  • Some Work for the London County Council.
  • The Proposed Harbour for Rome – General Garibaldi on Board the Tevere off the Mouth of the Tiber
  • The Recent Rioting at Chinkiang, China: The Burning of the British Consulate and the attack on the Foreign Residents
  • Tightening the Tiller Ropes.
  • The Armistice
  • The Expedition for the Punishment of the Lushai Hill Tribes, Northern India
  • New Rugby, in Tennessee
  • Jamaica, Sugar, and Free Trade (8 illustrations)

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