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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: Door, Skipworth Church]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/353-Door,-Skipwith-Church-q75-153x200.jpg "[picture: Door, Skipworth Church]")
See Alms Box, Skipwith for the caption. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: Q.---Castanets.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/377-Q-Castanets-q75-220x200.jpg "[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: Q.---Castanets.]")
Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: Q.—Castanets.
“[...] with two pair of modern castanets, one ivory and the other ebony, which require no special notice.” (p. 368) [$]
![[picture: Holy Trinity, York]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/353-Holy-Trinity,-York-q75-216x200.jpg "[picture: Holy Trinity, York]")
See 353-Alms-Box,-Skipwith for more details [$]
![[picture: Screen in Selby Church]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/353-Screen-in-Selby-Church-q50-170x200.jpg "[picture: Screen in Selby Church]")
“The Abbey of Selbey was founded by William the Conqueror, who richly endowed it, according to some because it was the place where Matilda of Flanders gave birth to Henry Beauclerc, while others state that this event was subsequent to the foundation. [...] It is in the Norman, the Early English, and the Decorated Styles [obviously only the Norman part [...] the central tower and mutliated south transept.” (p. 353) [more...] [$]
![[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: O.---Harp-Lute]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/wm/big/377-Harp-Lute-85x200.jpg "[picture: Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: O.---Harp-Lute]")
Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: O.—Harp-Lute
“The instrument called a harp-lute, with twelve strings, was invented by Edward Light, of London, about seventy years ago, and was designed for accompanying vocal [...] [more...] [$]
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