Ainsworth's Magazine (1842 - 1854)

British "miscellany of romance, general literature and art" founded by William Harrison Ainsworth

Above: July 1853 cover of Ainsworth's Magazine

Source: Hathi Trust / University of Chicago

Above: W.H. Ainsworth from the frontispiece to Vol. 5 of his magazine

Source: Hathi Trust, University of Michigan

William Harrison Ainsworth - Wikipedia


Contributors: Ainsworth, Leigh Hunt, William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and many others.

Above: An 1881 caricature of Ainsworth from Punch

Source:  Wikimedia Commons

Illustrators: George Cruikshank and Hablot Browne, using the name "Phiz."

Above: An illustration by George Cruikshank, from Vol. 1 of Ainsworth's Magazine

Source:  Wikimedia Commons

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 1 (1842) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 2 (1842) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 3 (1843) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 4 (1843) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 5 (1844) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 6 (1844) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 7 (1845) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 8 (1845) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 9 (1846) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 10 (1846) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 11 (1847) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 12 (1847) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 13 (1848) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 14 (1848) - University of Michigan

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 15 (1849) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 16 (1849) - Harvard University

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 17 (1850) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 18 (1850) - Harvard University

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 19 (1851) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 20 (1851) - University of Chicago

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 21 (1852) - University of Chicago

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 22 (1852) - Internet Archive

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 23 (1853) - University of Chicago

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 24 (1853) - University of Chicago

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 25 (1854) - Harvard University

Ainsworth's Magazine Vol. 26 (1854) - Harvard University