War and peace: Another one of the pictures shows Armistice Day
celebrations in Trafalgar Square
- with King George V and Queen Mary
shown looking on from the horse drawn carriage.
In an age before mass photography, they were the best way to show people the world in all its variety.And
whether it is trench warfare, the changing face of womanhood or the
invention of the wireless, these illustrated newspaper covers depict
world events with clarity and elegance.The
collection, originals which were made into front pages of The
Illustrated London News, were seen by hundreds of thousands of people
during the paper's peak.
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