Canadian Illustrated News
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Magazine
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published in Montreal
Montreal
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from 1869 to 1883. It was published by George Desbarats
George-Édouard Desbarats
George-Édouard-Amable Desbarats was an influential Canadian printer and inventor.-Early life:He was born in Quebec, to George-Paschal Desbarats and Henriette Dionne. He was sent to College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts 1846...
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The magazine was notable for being the first in the world to consistently produce photographs at a successful rate. This was possible with the financial backing of George Desbarats, as well as the invention of half-tone photoengraving
Photoengraving
Photoengraving also known as photo-chemical milling is a process of engraving using photographic processing techniques. The full form of photoengraving is photo mechanical process in the graphic arts, used principally for reproducing illustrations. The subject is photographed, and the image is...
by William Leggo
William Leggo
William Augustus Leggo was a Canadian inventor, engraver and businessperson. He is noted for co-inventing the half-tone engraver with George-Édouard Desbarats. He had several patents to his name, including leggotyping and granulated photography.-References:...
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A print by Henri Julien
Henri Julien
Henri Julien, baptised Octave-Henri Julien was a French Canadian artist and cartoonist noted for his work for the Canadian Illustrated News....
of the `Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
Uniform of Cadets`, which appeared in the `Canadian Illustrated News` is in the Canadian War Museum
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada’s military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several thousand years ago to the country’s most recent...
in Ottawa, Ontario. Accession Number: 19850291-004.
A print by Arthur William Moore (1863-1909), a landscape artist, of the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
`Kingston, Ont. The Canadian Military College, From the Walls of Fort Henry` c. 17 June 1876 which appeared in the `Canadian Illustrated News` is in Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada
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