History of Press Graphics: The Golden Age of Graphic Journalism 1819 - 1921 by Alexander Roob

Taschen has published this large volume Press Graphics: The Golden Age of Graphic Journalism 1819 - 1921 by Alexander Roob. It covers the 19th century explosion of newspaper illustration in Europe and the States, and its influence on modern art. It's reviewed by Olivia Ahmed for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration here. 

 

Here's an excerpt from her review:

"History of Press Graphics is a super-sized account of what came before (at least in northern Europe and the US – the press graphics of other places are available). With hundreds of illustrations, it explores the rise of the illustrated press, from the anti-establishment pamphlets that were passed around England in the early 1800s to the newspapers and magazines that followed."