Antique original documents, two 19th century publications and one more recent, these include:

A copy of The Times newspaper dated Monday September 28th 1840, 8 pages, each page measuring 60.5 x 45.5cm(24 ' x 18"), partial tear across the fold but otherwise good, clean, readable condition.

A copy of the Graphic magazine dated October 3rd 1891, measuring 41.5 x 30cm 16.25" x 30"), this was an important publication, mainly illustrative in an age long before the advent of broadcast published from 1869 to 1932. This example misses the blue cover and has edge marks but most of the text and illustrations are clean.

The Graphic was known for its extensive use of illustrations and photographs to accompany news stories and features. It covered a wide range of topics, including current events, politics, culture, and society. The newspaper played a significant role in popularising visual journalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with reports on local and World news at the time. The influence of The Graphic within the art world was immense; its many admirers included Vincent van Gogh and Hubert von Herkomer.

Artists employed on The Graphic and The Daily Graphic included Helen Allingham, Edmund Blampied, Alexander Boyd, Frank Brangwyn, Randolph Caldecott, Lance Calkin, Frank Cadogan Cowper, 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.

Writers for the paper included George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, H. Rider Haggard and Anthony Trollope. Malcolm Charles Salaman was employed there from 1890 to 1899. Beatrice Grimshaw travelled the South Pacific reporting on her experiences for the Daily Graphic. 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) Joseph Ashby-Sterry wrote the Bystander column for the paper for 18 years.

It was, in short, a veritable who's who of the art world at the time.

Finally a copy of The Observer newspaper dated Sunday May 16th 1926,measuring 44 x 28.5cm (17.25" x 11").

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