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The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons (engraving)
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The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons (engraving)
1616077 The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons. Illustration for The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 23 September 1876.
English School (19th Century)); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection
Media ID 22555344
© Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection / Bridgeman Images
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The News of the Leger, despatching the Pigeons - A Glimpse into 19th Century Media
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. This engraving, created by an anonymous English artist in the 19th century, offers a fascinating insight into the world of news dissemination during that era. The scene depicts a bustling room filled with journalists and newspaper workers eagerly dispatching pigeons to deliver breaking news about the St Leger race. The image showcases the incredible speed and efficiency with which information was shared before modern communication methods existed. Pigeons were trained as homing birds, carrying messages across vast distances to ensure timely delivery of important updates. In this particular instance, they are entrusted with delivering crucial results from one of England's most prestigious horse racing events. The composition exudes energy and anticipation as reporters scramble to gather their stories while pigeons flutter around them. It is a testament to both human ingenuity and our reliance on animals for assistance in various tasks throughout history. This print serves as a reminder of how media has evolved over time, highlighting how far we have come from relying on feathered messengers for disseminating news. Yet it also prompts us to appreciate the dedication and resourcefulness displayed by those who worked tirelessly behind-the-scenes in order to keep society informed. As we gaze upon this historical artwork today, let us marvel at its depiction of an era when newspapers relied on swift-winged couriers like these pigeons to bring us "The News of the Leger" connecting people through
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