Monday, May 20, 2013

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar on The Front Page of The Illustrated London

Magazine
Era: Qajar Period.
Country of Origin: England.
Date: 6 July 1889.
Sources: [1], [2]

The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper; the first issue appeared on Saturday 14 May 1842. It was published weekly until 1971 and then increasingly less frequently until publication ceased in 2003. In here, you see a portrait of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar on the front page of The Illustrated London News during his last visit to Britain. They are most images which you can view on Iranian.com: [3]