The portfolio : an artistic periodical
The Portfolio, an artistic periodical published in London by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday in 1870, was a magazine of art criticism and reproduction aimed at readers interested in fine art and etching. Its pages pair dense columns of essay text with architectural engravings of Gothic cathedrals, Paris street scenes and church façades rendered in fine line. A designer might take its tight hatching, layered perspective views of stone architecture, and small figures placed for scale as models for architectural illustration.
