Le Monde illustré
19th-20th century French periodical
Le Monde illustré (title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 1857–1940 and again from 1945 to 1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary English-language newsmagazine The Illustrated London News and should not be confused with the French newspaper Le Monde.
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History and profile
Le Monde illustré was established in 1857.[1] Many of the highly realistic prints published in the medium of wood-engraving were actually made from photographs (through intermediary drawings), at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible until the late nineteenth century.
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Wood-engravings
- Sakai incident, 1868
- Saigō Takamori (seated, in Western uniform), surrounded by his officers, in samurai attire. News article in Le Monde illustré, 1877.
- Wedding of Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden 1881
- French colonies in 1891.
1. Panorama of Lac-Kaï, French outpost in China.
2. Yun-nan, in the quay of Hanoi.
3. Flooded street of Hanoi.
4. Landing stage of Hanoi
References
- ^ Tom Gretton (2000). "Difference and Competition: The Imitation and Reproduction of Fine Art in a Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Weekly News Magazine". Oxford Art Journal. 23 (2). JSTOR 3600512.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Monde Illustré.
- Issues of Le Monde illustré in Gallica, la bibliothèque numérique de la BnF.
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