The Art journal
The Art Journal is a London periodical published by George Virtue in 1849, aimed at art lovers and the British art-trade public, and its plates are engraved reproductions of paintings and scenes. The pictures are black-and-white engravings, many rotated on the page, showing crowds of figures in period dress, a riding party, a bearded figure in a robe beside a kneeling woman, and a distant city skyline, which suggests useful models for costume groups, rural scenes and skyline compositions.
