The Days’ Doings. August 12th 1871.

OUR GALLERY OF PUBLIC FAVOURITES. No. 1. “IT is our intention, in this third volume of the DAYS’ DOINGS, occasionally to present to our readers artistic portraits of the leading favourites on the modern English stage. In doing so, we anticipate a universal burst of thanks and a suitable “Testimonial” from our numerous subscribers and

The Days’ Doings. January 21st 1871

EXTRAORDINARY MISHAP AT THE “ZOO.” Rescue of the Half-Frozen Female Rhinoceros. Heroic Conduct of the Salvors. “A “STRANGE ice accident” has happened to the rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens. The animal had been turned out one morning lately as usual into the paddock behind the elephant-house while the dens were being cleared. The snow had

The Days’ Doings, December 31st 1870

The engraving of a copies of notable artworks was something of a standard practice for the publishers of The Days’ Doings. The above engraving is labelled as being after a painting by William Etty, R.A. which was first exhibited in 1825 though it it looks more like a copy of an engraving by George Thomas

The Days’ Doings November 12th 1870

Volume 1. Number 16 This weeks cover is an engraving after a painting called “Interieur Pompeien” by Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, a Belgian artist who was living in Naples in the mid 19th century and was inspired by the excavations in Pompeii to paint in what is known as Neo-Pompeian style. This picture may have been celebrated