The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities
The Archaeological Album, published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1845, was compiled by the antiquaries Thomas Wright and F. W. Fairholt as a picture book of British antiquities for scholars and general readers. Its pictures are fine black-and-white wood engravings showing medieval costume, interiors, furniture and architecture, with crisp outlines and hatched shading a designer could take as period reference for line work and hatching.
