With its debut in 1842, the Illustrated London News became the world's first fully illustrated weekly newspaper, marking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events.

With rich pictorial works and reports, it is an important primary source to study the social history of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It also contains historical descriptions on the late imperial Russia, China, Hong Kong and many other Far East and Middle East countries in the 19th and 20th centuries.

This online archive provides full colour imaging and full text searching of every page.