1840's Victorian Graphic styles

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1840's
Function: Advertisment
Picture Location: http://www.sheaff-ephemera.com/list/gaslight_album/reeves_pocket_companion.html

I find Victorian Graphic Design to be Quite over the top, what with decorative boarders, ribbons, banners, bold text and countless different fonts. The typeface is very elaborate and confronting, allthough this is coming from a teenager in the 21st century, so things have changed a fair bit. In those days, Design (in the way they must have seen it) was clever and artistic, they genuinely valued the boldness of it. 171 years later we are still making bold statments, but with a little more finnesse and creativity. Overall the quality of the design is very high for its time.



Artist: Unknown\
Date:1893
Function: Advertisement
Picture location: http://www.flickr.com/photos/charmainezoe/5327360641/

Again with the victorian graphic styles we see the ribbons, banners and boarders over populating the area of design. Allthough the text doesnt seem to differentiate between sizes and fonts which would of made this advertisment (in the those days) stand out from all the boldness. I think that the use of line for the border helps bring balance into the design. The overall quality for this design is high because of the illustrations being so detailed. The thing that brought my attention to this piece was (surprisingly) the dull colouring.