The Art journal
The Art Journal was a London illustrated periodical published by George Virtue in 1849, aimed at artists, collectors and the art-minded public. Its pictures are black-and-white reproductions of interiors, a library reading room, fireplaces with tiled or painted surrounds, and a painter's studio with easels, plates on shelves and a carved mantel, giving a designer period detail on domestic and studio furnishing of the era.
