Victorian Newspaper 100 Years before you were born 1815-1891 Unique Vintage Gift For Sale

• A rare opportunity to collect a precious archive and give someone a paper 100 Years before they were born.
• Gain an insight into a bygone age
• SelectAny Yearfrom 1830 to 1891
• You could also request a paper older than 1830 or After 1891..(message me through )
  

An original and complete (not a copy) Victorian newspaper Wrapped in Acid free Tissue Carefully presented in a Archival Display bag

Read about the news and scandals of 19th Century Britain as reported at the time. These rare newspapers reveal how the Victorian’s viewed everyday events and provide a wonderful insight into life as it used to be.

A rare opportunity to collect a precious archive and gain an insight into a bygone age.A History of the Times during The Victorian EraThe Times used contributions from significant figures in the fields of politics, science, literature, and the arts to build its reputation. For much of its early life, the profits of The Times were very large and the competition minimal, so it could pay far better than its rivals for information or writers. Beginning in 1814, the paper was printed on the new steam-driven cylinder press developed by Friedrich Koenig. In 1815, The Times had a circulation of 5,000.Thomas Barnes was appointed general editor in 1817. In the same year, the paper\'s printer James Lawson, died and passed the business onto his son John Joseph Lawson(1802–1852). Under the editorship of Barnes and his successor in 1841, John Thadeus Delane, the influence of The Times rose to great heights, especially in politics and amongst the City of London. Peter Fraser and Edward Sterling were two noted journalists, and gained for The Times the pompous/satirical nickname \'The Thunderer\' (from \"We thundered out the other day an article on social and political reform.\"). The increased circulation and influence of the paper was based in part to its early adoption of the steam-driven rotary printing press. Distribution via steam trains to rapidly growing concentrations of urban populations helped ensure the profitability of the paper and
The Times was the first newspaper to send war correspondents to cover particular conflicts. W. H. Russell, the paper\'s correspondent with the army in the Crimean War, was immensely influential with his dispatches back to England.
A wounded British officer reading The Times\'s report of the end of the Crimean War, in John Everett Millais\' painting Peace Concluded.
In other events of the nineteenth century, The Times opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws until the number of demonstrations convinced the editorial board otherwise, and only reluctantly supported aid to victims of the Irish Potato Famine. It enthusiastically supported the Great Reform Bill of 1832, which reduced corruption and increased the electorate from 400,000 people to 800,000 people (still a small minority of the population). During the American Civil War, The Times represented the view of the wealthy classes, favouring the secessionists, but it was not a supporter of slavery.The third John Walter, the founder\'s grandson, succeeded his father in 1847. The paper continued as more or less independent, but from the 1850s The Times was beginning to suffer from the rise in competition from the penny press, notably The Daily Telegraph and The Morning Post.During the 19th century, it was not infrequent for the Foreign Office to approach The Times and ask for continental intelligence, which was often superior to that conveyed by official sources

All papers sent will be a genuine original & complete newspaper (not a copy) from an available datein the 19th Century or earlier.

An original newspaper will be sent from your selectedYearbut we cannot commit to a date in that year.

Most of our stock of Victorian Newspapers is The Times, although this title cannot be guaranteed in every instance.

How are the papers stored? For centuries up until the last few years, newspaper back copies for each month were bound in leather binders to preserve and protect them and allow researchers easy access. This is how the vast majority of our archive papers are now stored. When a newspaper is sold, the paper is carefully removed out of the binding, and prepared by hand for sale.