View of London from St Paul's Cathedral looking Eastward - a panoramic bird's eye view by J. Sulman for The Illustrated London News, 1892 art print poster canvas gift

View of London from St Paul's Cathedral looking Eastward. A magnificent highly detailed panoramic bird's eye view of Victorian London, printed and hand-coloured by J. Sulman for The Illustrated London News in 1892.

The Illustrated London News was the first and the longest running illustrated weekly news magazine. It was founded by Herbert Ingram and was published until 2003. Herbert Ingram was born in 1811 in Boston, Lincolnshire. In around 1834 Ingram, together with his brother-in-law, started a printing, newsagent and bookselling business in Nottingham, when he realised the potential of a steady increase in illustrated newspaper sales. The first issue of The Illustrated London News with 16 pages and 32 wood engravings sold 26.000 copies at the price of a sixpence on 14th May 1842. It was timed to report the young Queen Victoria's first masquerade ball. By the end of the first year the magazine had 60.000 subscribers. By 1863 it was selling at over 300.000 per week, far exceeding the sales of other British newspapers of the time.

This poster is a high quality "giclée" reproduction of a painstakingly restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm or  Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density), or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm, according to your choice. We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour  permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints).  This poster is suitable for mounting and framing, as well as direct display on a wall.