AUTHORS/CONTRIBUTORS - Multiple Prominent Victorian Artists, Critics, and Writers

YEARS IN LOT - 1849 (Vol. XI), 1850 (Vol. XII), and 1852 (New Series, Vol. IV) 

CONTENT NOTE - Critical essays, history, and engravings of contemporary British and European fine and decorative arts. 

PUBLISHER - George Virtue, London (and John Herbert, New York, in later volumes)

13.5x10x2 In (Each).

This lot comprises three consecutive annual volumes of The Art-Journal, one of the most significant and lavishly produced art periodicals of the 19th century.

The journal served as a crucial voice for art criticism and design reform in Victorian Britain, strongly promoting the ideals that led to the Great Exhibition of 1851 (held in the same period as these volumes). Each large volume is profusely illustrated with high-quality steel engravings, woodcuts, and photogravures of masterpieces, contemporary exhibitions, and decorative arts. The years 1849, 1850, and 1852 cover the key period immediately surrounding the 1851 Exhibition and offer vital insight into Victorian taste, collecting, and the status of the British Empire's arts and manufacturing.

Non-exportable

Provenance: The Estate of Mangaldas Nathubhai