The 19th century advancements in printing led to the rapid emergence of illustrated newspapers and journals, which helped promote a new genre of art––reportage. Encompassing depictions of military struggles, politics, caricatures, and celebrities, reportage art reached new middle and lower-class audiences through papers like the Illustrated London News (1842–2003) and L’Illustration (1843–1944). Invented in 1796, lithography was the first … Continue reading Picturing the News: The Birth of the Illustrated Press