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In the 20th century, what was happening in the world was mainly put on paper by illustrators, as photography was still very complex and expensive. Similar to photojournalists today, the illustrators of that time travelled to crisis and war zones and delivered detailed images of the events back home. Melton Prior is one of the most important illustrators and war correspondents of the Victorian era, famous for his ability to draw scenes on paper at breathtaking speed.
Melton Prior was born in London in 1845 and was, in a way, born into the cradle of creativity and artistic genius. Already his father was a well-known landscape artist, painter and illustrator. In 1873 the "Illustrated London News", one of the most important and influential newspapers of the time, obliged Prior to travel to West Africa and document the Ashanti Wars. This was followed by coverage of the Carlist Wars in Spain, the events in Herzegovina and the Russian-Turkish War. During the Zulu War in South Africa, Prior witnessed and documented the final battle of Ulundi and was present when the body of the Imperial Prince of France was discovered. Prior was also at the forefront of the Boer Wars, the conquest of Ladysmith, and numerous other conflicts, documenting many important and history-changing events.
His ability to put scenes and illustrations on paper with many details in a very short time meant that the "Illustrated London News" was able to react relatively quickly to historical events and report on them, often with Prio's drawings on the front page. Thereby, the newspaper mainly influenced the middle class in England but also many social and political decisions. Prior's sketches and drawings were sent by express courier from the trouble spots back to London, where they were traced by studio artists and engraved on blocks of wood to be printed in masses afterwards. It was also thanks to Prior that the newspaper achieved record circulations and was one of the most important news institutions worldwide at the time.
Prior's last assignments took him on the Somaliland expedition and all the way to Asia to report on the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. His work directly in war and crisis zones and his intrepid attitude and courage earned him great admiration and veneration, especially in his home country, and he was one of the most influential and first war correspondents of his time. Milton Prior died in London in 1910 at the age of 65, a few years after returning from Asia.
In the 20th century, what was happening in the world was mainly put on paper by illustrators, as photography was still very complex and expensive. Similar to photojournalists today, the illustrators of that time travelled to crisis and war zones and delivered detailed images of the events back home. Melton Prior is one of the most important illustrators and war correspondents of the Victorian era, famous for his ability to draw scenes on paper at breathtaking speed.
Melton Prior was born in London in 1845 and was, in a way, born into the cradle of creativity and artistic genius. Already his father was a well-known landscape artist, painter and illustrator. In 1873 the "Illustrated London News", one of the most important and influential newspapers of the time, obliged Prior to travel to West Africa and document the Ashanti Wars. This was followed by coverage of the Carlist Wars in Spain, the events in Herzegovina and the Russian-Turkish War. During the Zulu War in South Africa, Prior witnessed and documented the final battle of Ulundi and was present when the body of the Imperial Prince of France was discovered. Prior was also at the forefront of the Boer Wars, the conquest of Ladysmith, and numerous other conflicts, documenting many important and history-changing events.
His ability to put scenes and illustrations on paper with many details in a very short time meant that the "Illustrated London News" was able to react relatively quickly to historical events and report on them, often with Prio's drawings on the front page. Thereby, the newspaper mainly influenced the middle class in England but also many social and political decisions. Prior's sketches and drawings were sent by express courier from the trouble spots back to London, where they were traced by studio artists and engraved on blocks of wood to be printed in masses afterwards. It was also thanks to Prior that the newspaper achieved record circulations and was one of the most important news institutions worldwide at the time.
Prior's last assignments took him on the Somaliland expedition and all the way to Asia to report on the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. His work directly in war and crisis zones and his intrepid attitude and courage earned him great admiration and veneration, especially in his home country, and he was one of the most influential and first war correspondents of his time. Milton Prior died in London in 1910 at the age of 65, a few years after returning from Asia.
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Death of Lieutenant Frith in Skirmish at Erzungayan Hill by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, the Battle of Ulundi, Inside the Square by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Imperial Maritime Customs Temporary Office at Wuchan, West River, China by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Queen")
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.jpg "The Royal Wedding at Coburg, the Wedding Breakfast in the Throne Room of the Castle of Ehrenburg, 19 April 1894 by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The German Emperor and Staff entering Jerusalem by the Jaffa Gate by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Military Expedition to Manipur, on the Eastern Frontier of India by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Siberian Mammoth Tusks on the Ivory Floor at the London Docks by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Johannesburg Revolutionists in Pretoria Jail by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Stock Exchange at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Across Two Oceans, Sketches in British Guiana by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Royal Colonial Tour, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at Calgary by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Our Success in the Soudan, Where Gordon fell, visiting the Ruins of Khartoum by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Mining at Johannesburg, Natives on the Way to their Work by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Across Two Oceans, the Panama Ship Canal by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Sketches in Melbourne, the Capital of Victoria, Australia by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Sketches in Santiago, the Capital of Chile by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Case of Dr Krause, an Incident of His Career by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Trouble in South Africa, South African Police, Fighting Boers, and Other Types by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Antwerp International Exposition 1894 by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, General Newdigate Interrogating a Zulu Spy at his Headquarters, Landman")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Advance of the British Troops on Ulundi, the King")
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.jpg "The Mudie")
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.jpg "The Boer Ambuscade at Koorn Spruit, the Heroic Action of the Royal Horse Artillery saves the Situation by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The German Emperor and Empress in London by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Nitrate Shipping Ports of Chile by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Soudan Advance, the Battle of Atbara, the Sirdar")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Ulundi in Flames, Burning of Cetewayo")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, the Burning of Ulundi by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Prince and Princess of Wales at Blenheim, Departure of the Royal Party under an Escort of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry Commanded by the Duke of Marlborough as a Lieutenant of the Regiment by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The New General Officer to Command the First Army Corps by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Relief of Khartoum, from Korti to Metammeh, on the Road to Khartoum, the Start across the Desert by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales at Bristol, the Inauguration of the Works of the New King Edward Dock by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Trial of the Notorious Brigand, Musolino, at Lucca by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, the Field of Isandhlwana revisited by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War, billeting Circassians on a Hotel at Nicopolis by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Battle of Elandslaagte, Tending the Wounded on the Field by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War, Herzegovinian Refugees between Belosave and Goslitch by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, the Desert March, Scene at the Wells of Abou Halfa by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Across Two Oceans, the Panama Ship Canal by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Occupation of Pretoria by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Sudan, Battle of El Teb, 29 February by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Sketches in China by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Lombard")
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.jpg "The Siege of Ladysmith, Battle of Caesar")
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.jpg "Sketches in Brazil, the Fish Market, Rio de Janeiro by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Funeral of Prince Baldwin of Flanders, at Brussels by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Mandalay, the Capital of Burmah by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Langman Hospital in the Grounds of the Ramblers")
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.jpg "The Boer Ambuscade at Koorn Spruit, the Survivors Who Fought Their Way Out by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Eastern Crisis, the Fight at Malaxa by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Across Two Oceans, Barbadoes by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Llanerch Colliery Disaster, Monmouthshire, the Pit")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, the Advance on Tokar by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Our Special Artist in Johannesburg, High")
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.jpg "The Battle of Elandslaagte, the Devons, Manchesters, and Gordons Charging the Boer Guns by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Situation in China, Western Entrance-Gate to Tsimo, Kiao-Chau by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Disaster on Board the Russian Ironclad Sissoi Veliki off Crete by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, Repulse of a Night Attack of the Enemy in a Sereeba, Formed of Mimosa Bushes, Eight Miles from Souakim by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Occupation of Pretoria by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, the Battle of El Teb, Advance on the Enemy")
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.jpg "The King")
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.jpg "Opening of the Restored Church at Shernbourne by HRH the Prince of Wales, 24 December by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Elandslaagte, entraining the Wounded at the Station the Morning after the Fight by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Colliery Disaster at Aberkenfig, South Wales by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tamai on 13th March 1884 by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Queen at Sheffield, the Royal Carriage Passing from the Station to the New Town Hall by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, the Battle of Abou Klea, Our Square Advancing to the Attack by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Antwerp International Exposition 1894 by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Eastern Crisis by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The German Emperor and Empress in Syria, unveiling the Tablet commemorating Their Imperial Majesties")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The New Primrose Mine, Johannesburg, the Large Stope from which the Ore is being extracted by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Terrible Boiler Explosion at Barking by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Boer Ambuscade at Koorn Spruit, the Boers firing on the Hospital Wagons by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Denison Gold-Mines, near Algoma, Lake Huron, Upper Canada by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Graeco-Turkish War, Bluejackets of HMS Anson Route-Marching in Canea by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, Sketch Plan of the Battle of Majuba Hill, as Viewed from the Hill above Mount Prospect Camp by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Eastern Crisis, Refugees from Kandamos landing on the Quay at Canea by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, Battle of El Teb, 29 February, the 42nd (Royal Highlanders) Taking the Enemy")
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.jpg "The Graeco-Turkish War, Scenes in Crete by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War, Bosnian Women seeking Relief at Usicza by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Boers coming from Market, Outspan on the Trek by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, disembarking Baker Pasha")
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.jpg "Antwerp International Exposition 1894 by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Return of the Ambassadors from Cetewayo to Lord Chelmsford by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Storming the Trenches of Tel-el-Kebir by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Relief of Khartoum, Testing the Steadiness of Camels, 19th Hussars Charging by a Corner of the Camel Square by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Occupation of Pretoria by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Pushing Forward at the Hannek Cataract by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Matabili and Mashona Revolt, Column under Colonel Napier marching, 11 May, from Buluwayo to punish Rebels and meet Mr Cecil Rhodes and the Salisbury Column by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "Nitrate Grounds in the Province of Tarapaca, Chile, Digging Out the Caliche by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Visit of the German Emperor to Palestine, the Emperor and Empress Returning from the Church of St John at Jerusalem by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The War in the Soudan, the Cavalry Charge at the Battle of El Teb, 29 February by Melton Prior")
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.jpg "The Great Fire in St Mary Axe by Melton Prior")
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