1876 "The Graphic" - Zulu War Nurses - Norfolk Lifeboats - Eel Spearing - Russia

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An original edition of "The Graphic" illustrated weekly newspaper dated August 9, 1879. This popular London magazine was published from 1869 until 1932 and had a significant influence on the art world through its fine illustrations - see history below
The illustrations, many by special artists sent to areas of war, are as follows:
"Eel Spearing on the Scotch Border"  - cover page
"Mrs. Deebles, of the Army Nursing Service.." - see below
"The New Order of St. Katherine for Nurses"
"The Zulu War - A Morning Alarm in Camp .."
"The Young Zither Player"
'Ringing the Lifeboat Bell - A Sketch on the Norfolk Coast" - double page
'But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground ..."
"The Socialist Agitation in Russia ..."
"Unveiling a statue of the Prince of Walespresented to the city of Bombay ..."
"Peace negotiations - an interview with Oham, Cetewayo's Brother"
All of the illustrations are explained in the text. Good condition - double pages have binding holes - two loose pages - see scans . The magazine has been bound and disbound
12 pages, 24 sides . Page size 12 x 16 inches. A great and interesting resource for the historian
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Jane Cecilia Deeble
in 1899 with medals
Born
Jane Cecilia Egan
1827
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died
8 September 1913
Ryde
Nationality
Canadian
-born British
Education
Nightingale Training School
at
St Thomas' Hospital
Occupation
nurse
Employer
Netley Hospital
et al.
Known for
awarded a
Royal Red Cross
Predecessor
Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart
Successor
Helen Campbell Norman
Spouse
Surgeon-Major William Deeble
Children
four
Jane Cecilia Deeble
RRC
born
Jane Cecilia Egan
(1827 – 8 September 1913) was a Canadian-born nurse who was awarded the second
Royal Red Cross
by Queen Victoria in 1883. The Royal Red Cross was created following Deeble's comment that nurses were not recognised officially. She served in South Africa and at Netley Hospital.
Life
Deeble was born in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
. Her parents were Eleanor Ellen Egan (born Leffler) and Stephen Egan who was an officer. She was brought up in Canada and later in Bermuda. She married a young military surgeon named William Deeble. Her husband would serve in Crimea and in India. They had four children while they were in India before they returned to Britain at the end of 1865. She and their four children were living in Glasgow in 1868 when news of her husband's death would have reached them. He died from dysentery while serving in the
British Abyssinian campaign
. He died in April and in July she was given a pension of £140 per annum. She decided that she wanted to be a nurse and her ambition was to lead the nurses at
Netley Hospital
.
[1]
She was trained at the
Nightingale Training School
at
St Thomas' Hospital
[2]
after the War Office interfered with the recruitment process which attracted the censure of Florence Nightingale.
[1]
In 1863 Crimean veteran
Jane Shaw Stewart
became the first Supervisor of Nurses at Netley Hospital and the first woman to ever appear on a British
Army List
. In 1866 she was obliged to stand down after an investigation revealed her bullying, attacks and temper.
[3]
She was succeeded by Deeble at Netley Hospital in 1869. Deeble was creditted with "repairing the damage" caused by Stewart.
[1]
In 1879 the
Anglo-Zulu War
started and Deeble was able to achieve her ambition of taking part in a military campaign. She and six nurses went to South Africa and most of them were based at Addington near
Durban
. She was used by the
National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War
before it became the
British Red Cross
to distribute aid locally. She was keen on this organisation and on the role she had of training nurses for services abroad. She was asked to return to Natal but she preferred to serve at Netley.
[1]
In 1883 the Secretary of State for War created a committee to look at the work of the Army Hospital Corps and field hospital management and nursing.
[4]
Deeble was asked to give evidence and as an aside she noted that there was no official recognition of the work done by military nurses. The message was passed to one of Queen Victoria's courtiers and in April 1883 the Royal Red Cross award was created. The first award went to Florence Nightingale and the second was given by the Queen to Deeble in May
[5]
or July.
[1]
[6]
Front page of
The Graphic
during the
Tichborne case
in 1873
The Graphic
was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by
William Luson Thomas
's company Illustrated Newspapers Ltd. Thomas's brother
Lewis Samuel Thomas
was a co-founder. The premature death of the latter in 1872 "as one of the founders of this newspaper, [and who] took an active interest in its management" left a marked gap in the early history of the publication.
[1]
It was set up as a rival to the popular
Illustrated London News
.
The influence of
The Graphic
within the art world was immense, its many admirers included
Vincent van Gogh
, and
Hubert von Herkomer
.
[2]
It continued to be published weekly 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, after 3,266 issues. From 1890 until 1926, Luson Thomas's company, H. R. Baines & Co., published
The Daily Graphic
.
Background
[
edit
]
An illustration from the newspaper from 1884
The Graphic
was founded by
William Luson Thomas
, a successful artist, wood-engraver and social reformer. Earlier he, his brother and his brother-in-law had been persuaded to go to New York and assist in launching two newspapers,
Picture Gallery
and
Republic
. Thomas also had an engraving establishment of his own and, aided by a large staff, illustrated and engraved numerous standard works.
[3]
Exasperated, even angered, by the unsympathetic treatment of artists by the world's most successful illustrated paper,
The Illustrated London News
, and having a good business sense Luson Thomas resolved to set up an opposition. His illustrated paper, despite being more expensive than its competition, became an immediate success.
[2]
Realisation
[
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]
When it began in 1869, the newspaper was printed in a rented house. By 1882, the company owned three buildings and twenty printing presses, and employed more than 1,000 people. The first editor was
Henry Sutherland Edwards
. A successful artist himself, the founder Thomas recruited gifted artists including
Luke Fildes
,
Hubert von Herkomer
,
Frank Holl
, and
John Everett Millais
.
The Graphic
was published on a Saturday and its original cover price was
sixpence
, while the
Illustrated London News
was fivepence.
[2]
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 expressly for the purpose and admirably adapted for the display of
engravings
".
In addition to its home market the paper had subscribers all around the
British Empire
and North America.
The Graphic
covered home news and news from around the Empire, and 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.
Artists
[
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]
Artists employed on
The Graphic
and
The Daily Graphic
at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century included
Helen Allingham
,
Edmund Blampied
,
Alexander Boyd
,
Frank Brangwyn
,
Randolph Caldecott
,
Lance Calkin
Léon Daviel
,
John Charles Dollman
,
James H. Dowd
,
Godefroy Durand
,
Luke Fildes
,
Harry Furniss
,
John Percival Gülich
,
George du Maurier
,
Phil May
,
George Percy Jacomb-Hood
,
Ernest Prater
,
Leonard Raven-Hill
,
Sidney Sime
,
Snaffles (Charles Johnson Payne)
,
George Stampa
,
Edmund Sullivan
,
Bert Thomas
,
F. H. Townsend
,
Harrison Weir
, and
Henry Woods
.
The notable illustrator
Henry William Brewer
, contributed a regular illustrated article on architecture to the magazine for 25 years, until his death in 1903.
[4]
[5]
Writers
[
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]
Writers for the paper included
George Eliot
,
Thomas Hardy
,
H. Rider Haggard
and
Anthony Trollope
.
[6]
Malcolm Charles Salaman
was employed there from 1890 to 1899.
Beatrice Grimshaw
travelled the South Pacific reporting on her experiences for the
Daily Graphic
.
[7]
Mary Frances Billington
served the
Graphic
as a special correspondent from 1890 to 1897, reporting from India in essays that were compiled into
Woman in India
(1895).
[8]
Joseph Ashby-Sterry
wrote the Bystander column for the paper for 18 years.
a series on