Le Monde illustré

Not to be confused with the contemporary Paris newspaper Le Monde

Le Monde illustré (title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 1857–1940 and again from 1945 to 1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary English-language newsmagazine The Illustrated London News and should not be confused with the French newspaper Le Monde.

Election de la Reine des Blanchisseuses au lavoir de la rue neuve Saint-Médard, Jules Férat, 1866.

History and profile

Le Monde illustré was established in 1857. Many of the highly realistic prints published in the medium of wood-engraving were actually made from photographs (through intermediary drawings), at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible until the late nineteenth century.

Bal des folles 22 March 1890, José Belon

Wood-engravings

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  Sakai incident, 1868
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  Saigō Takamori (seated, in Western uniform), surrounded by his officers, in samurai attire. News article in Le Monde illustré, 1877.
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  Wedding of Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden 1881
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  French colonies in 1891.
  1. Panorama of Lac-Kaï, French outpost in China.
  2. Yun-nan, in the quay of Hanoi.
  3. Flooded street of Hanoi.
  4. Landing stage of Hanoi

External links

• Issues of Le Monde illustré in Gallica, la bibliothèque numérique de la BnF.
• Works related to fr:Le Monde illustré at Wikisource