author
Blanchard Jerrold
1826–1884
A busy Victorian journalist and playwright, he is best remembered for writing vividly about 19th-century city life. His work with illustrator Gustave Doré on London: A Pilgrimage helped create one of the era’s most striking portraits of London.
4 Audiobooks
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
by Blanchard Jerrold
The Cockaynes in Paris; Or, 'Gone abroad'
by Blanchard Jerrold
The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, Vol. 1. (of 2)
by Blanchard Jerrold
The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, Vol. 2. (of 2)
by Blanchard Jerrold
About the author
Born in London in 1826, Blanchard Jerrold was the eldest son of writer Douglas Jerrold. He was educated in England and France, first trained with art in mind, and then moved into journalism while still young.
He wrote widely for newspapers and magazines, including work connected with Charles Dickens’s publishing world, and he also produced novels, essays, travel writing, and plays. After his father’s death, he became editor of Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, a role he held for many years.
Jerrold is especially associated with London: A Pilgrimage, his collaboration with Gustave Doré, which offered readers a vivid, often dramatic view of the city. He died in 1884, leaving behind a body of work closely tied to Victorian journalism, theater, and urban observation.