The portfolio : an artistic periodical
The Portfolio was an English periodical of artistic plates and essays, published in London by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday in 1870 for collectors and art students, with contributions connected to James McNeill Whistler. Its pictures range from a heraldic-style banner border with lettering to photographed marble busts, a devotional Madonna and child etching, and a fine line sketch of ships on water. A designer might take from them the contrast between decorative ornament, sculptural study, and loose etched linework, all rendered in restrained sepia tones.
