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Illustrations from The Illustrated London News, Vol. LVI (1870).
This was a popular weekly newspaper in London, with huge numbers of engravings. Because of the printing processes and relatively low paper quality the engravings are not always very clear.
There is an index online at iln.org for 1870.
Title: Illustrated London News Vol 56
Editor: Leighton, George C.
City: London
Date: 1870
Total items: 35
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: D.---Machête.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/377-Machete-q75-78x200.jpg "[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: D.---Machête.]")
Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: D.—Machête.
“The machête, or small guitar, shaped like a fish, is a Portugese instrument, from Madeira.” (p. 368) [$]
![[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: R.---Spinet]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/377-Spinet-q50-680x200.jpg "[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: R.---Spinet]")
Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: R.—Spinet
A Spinet is a sort of harpsichord—that is, a musical instrument with a keyboard but in which the keys are plucked rather than monked with a hammer as in a piano. The strings in a spinet go off at an angle, [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/441-1st-Middlesex-Artillery-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton]")
The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton
Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on which are mounted heavy guns, cannons. To the left, an old lady [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: ]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/0385-0003-first-tube-train-passengers-289x200.jpg "[picture: ]")
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![[picture: Festival at the East London Hospital For Children on New Year's Eve]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/052b-New-Years-Eve-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Festival at the East London Hospital For Children on New Year's Eve]")
Festival at the East London Hospital For Children on New Year’s Eve
FESTIVAL AT THE
EAST LONDON HOSPITAL
FOR CHILDREN.
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