The Art Journal was founded in 1839 in London and was considered "the most important Victorian magazine on art." Naturally it covered artists, art reviews, and art announcements. However, it also covered many other topics more loosely tied to the "arts" theme, such as features on travel, history, archaeology and science. It was packed with beautiful illustrations and each volume usually contained a series of fine art engravings. Some editions also included lavishly illustrated "catalogs" of a current exhibition. For more information, visit Wikipedia. The complete volumes for 1858 and 1859 (along with many other issues) are available on Archive.org.

Architecture

Portable Swiss Chalets (1858)

Arts & Crafts

Photography for Portraits: A Dialogue in an Artist's Studio, by Ronald Campbell (1858)

The British Isles

The Book of the Thames, from Its Rise to Its Fall, by Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall (1858)

An artists' journey along the Thames, beginning at Part 13. The complete series was republished in book form and can be found at Archive.org.

Excursions in South Wales, by Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall (1859)

Killarney: Its Attraction for Autumn Tourists, by S.C. Hall (1858)

Windsor and Its Historic Associations (1858)

Business, Law & Government

Copyright in Pictures and Other Works of Art (1858)

Fashion

Dress as a Fine Art, by Mrs. Merrifield (1853)

Health

Arsenic in Paper-Hangings, by Robert Hunt (1858)

History & Folklore

Cornish Antiquities (1859)

The Domestic Manners of the English During the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (1853)

On Domestic Games and Amusements in the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (1859)

Traveling in the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (1859)

What Is Heraldry? by William Partridge (1853)

Household

English Homes: As They Are, and May Be, in Furnishing and Decoration, by John Stewart (1859)

Industry & Manufacturing

Lithography and Other Novelties in Printing (1853)

Visits to Art Manufacturies (1859)

• The Terra-Cotta Works of James Pulham, Broxbourne

• Stained Glass

• Ornamental Stationery, Playing Cards, and Vegetable Parchment: The Establishment of Messrs. de la Rue

• The Establishments of Messrs. Rowney & Co., and M. & N. Hanhart

• The Mosaic Rug-Work of the Messrs. Crossley of Halifax

• Gerhard's Manufacture of Aluminium and Sodium

• The Royal Porcelain Works of Worcester

• The Papier-Mache Works of Mr. Bielefeld, and the Works of the Fibrous Slab Company

• The Clan-Tartan Woodwork Manufactory of Messrs. Smith at Mauchline, Ayrshire

• The Lee Moor Porcelain Clay-Brick and Architectural Works

• Fleischmann of Sonnenberg

Life

The Society of Female Artists (1858)

Objects, Curiosities & Antiquities

On Cameo-Engraving (1853)

Essay on Pottery and the Pictile Art - Historically, Chemically, and Practically Considered, by Apsley Pellatt, MP (1853)

The Exhibition of Decorative Furniture at Gore House (1853)

The National Flags of England, by Charles Boutell (1859)

People

Rubens and His Scholars, by F.W. Fairholt (1859)

Tombs of English Artists, by F.W. Fairholt (1858, 1859)

• Thomas Bewick

• William Blake

• William Collins, RA

• Samuel Cooper

• Richard Cosway, RA

• William Etty, RA

• John Flaxman, RA

• Thomas Gainsborough, RA

• William Hogarth

• Joseph Nollekens, RA

• Joshua Reynolds

• J.M.W. Turner, RA

• George Vertue, FSA

• Richard Wilson, RA

• William Woollett

• R.J. Wyatt

Science & Technology

Heliographic Researches, by M. Niepce de Saint-Victor (1859)

Ornamental Iron Castings, by Robert Hunt (1858)

Niepce de Saint Victor's Discovery of New and Remarkable Photographic Phenomena, by Robert Hunt (1858)

A Process of Hardening Engraved Copper Plates (1858)

Photography, Considered in Relation to its Educational and Practical Value, by Robert Hunt (1858)

The Progress of Photography: Photo-Lithography (1853)

The Stereoscope and Its Improvements, by Robert Hunt (1858)

Improved Stereoscope (1853)

Work

The Romance of Picture-Dealing (1858)

World Travel, Cultures & Colonies

An Artist's Ramble from Antwerp to Rome (1853)

Phoenician and Egyptian Monuments in Malta, by Dr. Cesare Vassallo (1853)

Rome and Her Works of Art, by James Dafforne (1859)