The Art journal
The Art Journal is a London periodical published by George Virtue in 1849 for an audience of artists, collectors and art readers, illustrated with engravings after paintings, sculpture and decorative objects. Its pictures are crisp black-and-white wood engravings of a single figure, a churchyard view, a silver tureen and a genre scene, giving designers a clear model for reproducing historical ornament, interiors and period costume in a restrained, engraved style.
