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Also known as L'Illustration, Journal Universel

'''''L'Illustration''''' (; 1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.

Key facts

Newspaper.name
L'Illustration
Newspaper.image
Cover of L'Illustration 1 october 1904.jpg
Newspaper.image_size
300px
Newspaper.caption
Front page of 1 October 1904 edition(Coronation of Peter I of Serbia)
Newspaper.founders
Édouard ChartonAdolphe Joanne
Newspaper.chief_editor
Edmond Texier(after 1860)
Newspaper.founded
4 March 1843
Newspaper.ceased_publication
1944
Newspaper.headquarters
Paris, Saint-Mandé, Bobigny
Newspaper.circulation
weekly
Newspaper.ISSN
0246-9251
Newspaper.publishing_country
France
Newspaper.language
French
Newspaper.website
https://www.lillustration.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
weekly magazine
Country
France
Country of origin
France
Official website
revue.lillustration.com
Image
Logo-L'Illustration.png
Has parts of class
supplement
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Commons category
L'Illustration
inception
1843-03-04
language of work or name
French
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1944-08-00
place of publication
France
number of parts of this work
215
contributor to the creative work or subject
Émile Bayard
Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions)
074
title
الالوستراسيون
Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Notable contributors
  • Editor-in-chief
  • Journalists
  • Writers
  • Notable photographers
  • Notable illustrators (1843–1914)
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

'''''L'Illustration''' (; 1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.

==History== In 1891, L'Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like Chusseau-Flaviens, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as Léon Gimpel and others. In 1907, L'Illustration'' was the first to publish a color photograph. It also published Gaston Leroux' novel Le mystère de la chambre jaune as a serial a year before its 1908 release. La Petite Illustration was the name of the supplement to ''L'Illustration that published fiction, plays, and other arts-related material.

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