Clement Shorter
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Clement King Shorter was a British journalist and literary critic. After editing the Illustrated London News, Shorter founded and edited The Sketch, The Sphere, and Tatler.
Portrait of Shorter by Spy in Vanity Fair that appeared under the heading 'Men of the Day', 1894
The Illustrated London News
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The Illustrated London News, founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. The magazine was published weekly for most o
Clement Shorter
…Clement King Shorter (19 July 1857 – 19 November 1926) was a British journalist and literary critic. After editing the Illustrated London News, Shorter founded and edited The Sketch, The Sphere, and Tatler. Shorter was born on 19 July 1857 in Southwark, in London, the youngest of three boys…
Front-page of the magazine's first issue (May 14, 1842)
The front cover of 1 October 1892 issue, showing a scene from Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan's Haddon Hall created by M. Browne and Herbert Railton
Jumbo's Journey to the Docks, The Illustrated London News, 1 April 1882
Cover of 20 February 1915 issue