The Art journal
The Art Journal, published in London by George Virtue in 1849, was a periodical for the fine and decorative arts, aimed at artists, manufacturers and collectors. Its engraved plates show metalwork in the Venetian style, a gilt bronze chandelier, a candelabrum beside a mantel clock, and a decorated casket, drawn in crisp black line with tonal hatching that a designer could borrow for ornament.
