Art in the Early English Magazine, 1731-1800: A Checklist of Articles on Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, From the Gentleman's Magazine, London Magazine, and Universal Magazine.

English magazines containing information on politics, history, commerce, and the arts were eagerly sought after and widely read in eighteenth-century America. This checklist identifies 561 essays and notices on art-related subjects suggesting that art had a faithful audience among the prosperous, although not necessarily sophisticated, members of the middle class. The English magazines must have had a significant impact on the general awareness of the visual arts and the role that art played in an educated society.