Description: THE PENNY MAGAZINE August 2, 1834 This is a paper which is 190 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at the spine, but is otherwise in excellent and very attractive condition, with its pages bright and clean. The lead article is on the KENSALL-GREEN CEMETERY. The cover of the paper is a full-page wood engraving of the cemetery. This is followed by two and a half more pages on this subject, including a small engravings of "Colonnade over the Catacombs at Kensall Green." The text of the story runs over 330 lines, with details on the history of funerals and burials in Great Britain, and the inadequacy of the cemeteries in the country up till then. It then discusses how the General Cemetery Company had helped address this problem with its Kensall Green Cemetery on Harrow Road, London. It had only opened in 1833, and at the time of this writing had been the site of 193 interments. However, Kensal Green was to go on to be the final resting place of Trollope, Thackeray, Leech, and other British luminaries, and is noted for its impressive monuments and lovely setting. The issue also has over a page of text on the art of RUBENS, illustrated with nearly a full-page woodcut of his "Descent from the Cross." ************************** Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size and was usually illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 150 [gsp12142] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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