The Graphic was first published on 4 December 1869. It continued to be published under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to "The National Graphic" between 28 April and 14 July 1932, it then ceased publication. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...

Background

"The Graphic" was founded by William Luson Thomas, a wood engraver, and the first editor was Henry Sutherland Edwards. "The Graphic" was published on a Saturday and its original cover price was sixpence. In its first year, it described itself to advertisers as "a superior illustrated weekly newspaper, containing twenty-four pages imperial folio, printed on fine toned paper of beautiful quality, made expressley for the purpose and admirably adapted for the display of engravings". Folio: In bookbinding, a sheet of paper, parchment, or other material folded in half to make two leaves in a codex. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ...

When it started out, the newspaper was printed in a rented house. However, by 1882,the company owned three buildings, twenty printing machines and employed over 1000 people.

It had subscribers all around the British Empire and in North America. The British Empire was the worlds first global power and the largest empire in history. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...

Rival Newspaper

"The Graphic" was perhaps the most successful rival to the famous "Illustrated London News" (established in 1842) and it appealed to the same middle-class readership. It covered home news and news from around the British Empire, devoted much attention to literature, arts, sciences, the fashionable world, sport, music and opera. Royal occasions and national celebrations and ceremonials were also given prominent coverage. It featured many illustrations by eminent artists of the day. The Illustrated London News was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch magazine. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ...

Weekly topics

• Topics of the Week: 12 paragraphs of news coverage.
• Amusements: A roundup of activities for the week, for the middle-class reader.
• Our illustrations: a summary of all the illustrations in the edition.
• Home: a summary of the news in Britain.
• Church news
• Legal: Trials and Cases of interest to the target reader.
• A weekly serial written by popular authors of the time, such as William Black (although this seemed to appear in the 1880s).
• Book reviews
• A summary of the new developments in science.
• Rural notes: information about the season and tips about crops, and other news concerning the rampant unrest of the farm labourers.
• New Music: Reviews of the latest music and musicals.
• Obituries: of Church leaders, factory owners, European Royalty, musicians and noteworthy Victorians.
• Sport: coverage of football and cricket (with W.G. Grace)

Ther were at least 3 pages dedicated to advertising and it is interesting to see the obsession with hygiene, with countless adverts for toothpaste and soap products (and 'miricle-cure' pills). NewS (NEWS) is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates, which also produced groups such as SMAP, TOKIO, Kinki Kids and Tackey & Tsubasa. ... The term Anglican (from the Angles meaning English) describes the people and churches that follow the religious traditions developed by the established Church of England. ... Serial is a term, originating in literature, for a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. ... William Black (1841 - 1898) was an author born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 13, 1841. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in weather. ... William Gilbert Grace (July 18, 1848–October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ... Hygiene is the maintenance of healthy practices. ...

References

• Mitchell's Newspaper Press Directory 1870
• The Reference Specialist British Library Newspapers

Further Reading

• www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jgraphic.htm
• "Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals 1800-1900" (Canada: North Waterloo Academic Press, 2003)
• "The Newspaper Press in Britain: an annotated bibliography" (London:Mansell Publishing, 1987).