The Art journal
The Art Journal is a London periodical of 1849 published by George Virtue, aimed at an art-minded readership, and this scan is a volume from the Getty Research Institute. The four pictures are wood-engraved illustrations: a vaulted medieval hall with statues and two figures, a tavern scene with men at tables and soldiers, a half-timbered house on a narrow lane, and a priest at the altar with kneeling congregation. A designer could draw on their dense hatching, strong perspective and interior lighting for period settings.
