The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-23 00:00:00

A liberal allowance to the Trade.

krriTlE WEEKLY CHRONICLE
~..„,;.. NATIONAL GALLERY.
T.fiE PROPRIETORS OF " THE WEEKLY CI-1110-
. ikarmE" 'CO THE PEOPLE OF THE BRITISH
l'J',l PI RE.
The Proprietors of the " V. EEKLY CHRONICLE," en.
c..nraged by the still increasing prosperity of their Journal, have
li.c-errrialc,i upon the rublication of a series of Portraits,
ENGRAVED ON STEEL,
'To he ealled colreetieely " THE NATIONAL GA LLER V ;"
!'lli !Me being as!cyted from the coavietien that any ether
arms, less eempreheesive, would be found unworthy of the
x..etit said liiili purpose of the undertaking, as well es of the
surpassing heisittv with which it 'ill be carried out. The ap-
pearance of " THE NATIONAL GALLERY," whether
confercbsi as ft work it art, or with reference to its easy posses-
men by the very humblest of the land, will form an extraordi-
nary epees in the history of the English Press.
OBJECTS OF THE WORK.
The rurpese of the Proprietors of " TIT?, WEEKLY
C I I',::.ONICLE" is, to assemble in " THE NATIONAL GA L-
-1,1.ERV," the Portraits of those Public Men who have most dis-
tieemiehed themselves during the present cen,ury ; and whose
lab wit, whether in the field or the senate, have exercised the
gies',:eet influence upai the age in which they live. In Addition
to flaree will be given the moat elistinguishe ! Women of the
Cs cite, of Queen Victoria ; with whose own Portrait the Gal-
IC! would naturally have commenced, but for the circumstance
of its having been se recently presented to the Readers of the
‘eWi;;EKLY CHRONICLE."
The Puiplicatiea of the GALLERY will proceed in the fol-
io • ing erder : '
Duxa et WatiANGrox• Loan LYNDHURST.
Logi, GREY. 1111 a. O'CONNELL.
Sir. R. Peas. Ducuese of N•RTHUMBEE,
Ma. WiLIIitaFAROZ. LAND.
LORD DERMASI. Loan LEHI/ESTER.
TtID SrstAxxit• :LORD SPENCER.
IiES. MAJESTY. ITua QUEEN DOWAGER.
!Lott". :11v.raioualex. ;SIR. JAMES GRAHAM.
DUCSIESS OF KENT.
Loan JOHN RUSSELL. !MARQUIS OP LANSDOWNE.
1.01i.10 FITZWILLIAM.
DIN:WYSS or SUTHERLAND. ILORE, STANLEY.
3:IAtt.DETI6 OF NORMANDY. 1i
Loan 3,1°11,ra-rm.
Loan L.E•SGIIAM.
MODE OF PUBLICATION.
To each Portrait will be appended an impartial Biegrephical
7 leraoir, printed en imperial hot-pressed quarto, uniformly with
the Engraving. A Portrait will be published every other Sa-
turday, the Memoir being issued every alternate meeek—hence,
9. Monthly Part will contain Two Engravings, with "Twe Me-
-4 meirs. T. these subscribers desirous of possessing THE NA-
TIONAL GALLERY, the price of THE WEEKLY
CHRONICLE will be that of other papers—namely, Six-
pence. To those, however, should there be such, who may
pettier the Paper without the Engraving or Memoir, the price
• ".eill be as at present, Fourpence-halfpenny.
ITHE WEEKLY CHRONICLE NATIONAL GALLERY.
The First Number of THE NATIONAL GALLERY
will be published ox the lit of July next, and the correspond
ing Memoir en the Bth ; so that in each alternate week
there will be given a Portrait or Memoir. The work will form
a magnifieent annual volume in imperial guarto—a volume not
to be purchased, at the present time, at less than Five Guineas.
1
Every precaution has been taken by the Proprietors to he pro-
vilieci with a supply—great as the demand must necessarily be—
by the erection of steam macninery en the nremiser. at trio out-
lay of several thousand pounds- Sooctrnens o, too Portraits
will he found at the principal Newavenders tnrougriout the
I United Kingdom. That of his Grace the Duke of Wellington
together with a Memoir, may now he received by all Agents
and Book ellers.
ARTISTS ENGAGED FOR THE WORK.
I he Proprietors feel that they have only to give the same.
' of H,ayter, Chalon, Latilla, and Stewart, as the Painters em-
ployed for the NATIONAL GALLERY, t• at once assure
themselves of the confidense of the public, not only as to the
worth and beauty of the forthcoming work, but as to the feel-
ing which animates the Projectors in this national enter-
mite. Among the Engravers will be found the names of H,
• Robinson, Mote, Cook, Wagstaff, W. Holl, Brown, Hall,
ilea ice. &c. Hence, the Publishers have, they conceive, given
euflfileent warranty that no considerations of cost have weighed
with the in their attempts to make the NATIONAL GAL-
LERY worthy of its ambitious title. All that modern art can
effect will be lavished on the undertaking. The same pencils,
the same gravers, employed to minister to the tastes of the
highest and richest in the land, will labour for the gradikeetien
of the hunbleet
.Englishmaa—the painter for the Coast( *HI be
' the poiater fir the Cottage.
MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE WORK.
The Projectors of the NATIONAL GALLERY feel that
theie eentempkted enterprise involves deeper and nobler consi-
derations than may superficially present themselves. It is
scarcely possible that a work of such an extent, executed with
eh the high refinements of art, should not assert a great moral
ingueace.--an influence working for good; and tending at once
to improve the mind, and elevate the taste of the people. In
the NATIONAL GALLERY the Englishman will be con-
tinually reminded of the greatness, and of the consequent value
of his country ; of her gigantic power—her moral might—
her triumphs over rival nations. He will read in the lives of
Englishmen, the irresistible force of British valour—the calm,
comprehensive, and determined resistance to wrong—the advo-
cacy of the most sacred rights of our most common nature—which
r`4. m the basis of our national character. All the ennobling
sentiments that constitute the lofty-minded soldier—the wise
and generous Statesman—the Patriot—and the Philanthropist,
wilt be felt and acknowledged by sour readers ; and thus, in the
projected puhlication, eve subscriber to " The National Gal-
lery" of " The Weekly Chronicle," will have the gratification
of possessing at the most trifling cost the most perfect record of
his country's glory.
An persons desirous of receiving this magnificent work with
rr- ularity and certainty, should immediately give their orders
to the various News-agents and Booksellers throughout the
Kingdom—a method rendered indispensable from the impossi-
bility of making any arrangements,
in se gigantic an undertaking
for the supply of casual subscribers.
To Purchasers the price of a Portrait and Memoir will bells. 6d.
Proof of Separate Portraits en India paper, lt. Is.
Orders received by all aiooksellers and News-agents is the
United Kingdom.
Office, 337, Strui, Lenin.