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, and this record gives little beyond its subject. The pictures are mostly reproduced engravings after paintings and drawings, shown rotated on the scan, with dense tonal shading, a portrait in profile drawn in chalk, and a costumed interior scene; a designer might take their strong chiaroscuro and crowded compositions as models for dramatic lighting.
