The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-10
PROSPECTUS
THE AMERICAN ART-UNION
OFFICERS FOR ls4s.
FOR l649.


FOR l849.
OFFICERS FOR ls49.
PROSPER M. WETmoRE, President. GEoReE
AUSTEN, Treasurer ANDREW WARNER, Core
spending Secretary. NATHANIEL JARVIS JR'' ne
cording Secretary.
ComMITTEE OF MANAeEmENr.-Georg w Aus
ten James ii. Van Allen, Henry J. Raymond, Eras-
tus G. Benedict, William b. Deem, Prosper M Wet
more, Charles H. RUSSELL Nathaniel Jarvis, u,
John r Ridner, William J. Hoppin, Abraham M
Cozzens, Marshall o. Roberts, Frederick A. Coe,
Lefferts g. Coles, Robert Kelly, Andrew Warner,
Benjamin H. Jarvis, John II. Austen, James w.
Beekman, Philip Hone, Evert A. Duyckinck.
Executive CoMMIrTEE.--Abraham NJ Cozzens,
Chairman, Andrew Warner William j. Hoppin,
Frederick A. Coe, Benjamin H. Jarvis. President
and Treasurer, er q6icio.
SUPERlNTENDENT-J. William Moore.
PLAN.
Every subscriber Of FIVE DOLLARS is "A mem
Der of the Art Union for the year. and is entitled to
all its privileges.
The money thus obtained CATER paying necessary
expenses is applied
First. TO Tie production Of a large and costly
ORIGINAL ENGRAVING froma American paint
ing of which the plate andcopy right belong to the
Institution, and used solely for its benefit. or
| this Engraving every member receives copy ior
every five dollars paid by him. Members entitled
to duplicates at liberty to select from the en-
| cravings of previous years. Whenever the funds
Justify II, AN EXTRA ENGRAVING OR WORK
OF ART is also furnished to every member. Every
member also receives a full Annual Report OF the
proceedings, &C., of the Institution
Secondly tie purchase of PAINTINGS and
SCULPTURE, STATUETTES in Bronze, and
MEDALS, by native or resident artists These
paintings and sculptures publicly exhibited at
! the Gallery OF the Art Union till the annual meet
ing in December, when they PUBLICLY DIS
TRIBUTED BY LOT among the members, each
member having share for every five dollars paid
| by him. Each member is thus certain of receiving
in return the value of the five dollars paid and may
also receive painting other work Of art of great
| value.
Third--The Institution keeps an Office and FREE
PICTURE GALLERY, always open, well attended,
and hung with fine paintings, at 497 Broadway,
where the members in New York receive their en-
! cravings, paintings, &c, and where the business
! of the Institution is transacted.
Fourth.-The BULLETIN of the Art Union which
has now been enlarged To include in addition to the
usual Catalogue of Pictures and List of Subscribers
particular descriptions Of works purchased for dis
tribution, news Of interest in relation to the Fine
Arts, extracts from the correspondence of the nsti
| tuition, Wood-cut Illustrations of Paintings belong
| ing to the Gallery, and generally such matters Of
interest connected with the Art Union may be
desirable to subscribers, will be furnished gratui
| tously to Honorary Secretaries, and to those MEM
bers who, after paying their subscriptions, shall
signify their desire to have it forwarded to them by
mail To all others the price will be six cents per
number.
| Distribution Of the E'graoings, and The annual
Report Of the yea, lS4S.-The Engraving of Queen
Mary signing The Death Warrant Of Lady Jane
Grey" upon steel, and measuring % inches by Is;
inches, finished early in the year, and has been
in the hands of the printer since its completion
Prints are being taken from it at the rate of fifty
per day and the distribution of them will commence
| about the first day of May next
| An effort will be made to deliver them nearly
possible in the order of the receipt of subscrip-
tons. Those Honorary Secretaries, therefore, who
transmitted the earliest remittances may expect to
be first supplied The Outline Illustrations Of Rip
! Pan Wirke will be ready for delivery at the same
time with the fQueen Mary"
The transactions" will be published and dis
| tributed at the same time with the engravings.
| The Engraving for the year lS49.-The plate of
Youth" being the second picture of Mr.. Coles
celebrated series of the 'Voydge Of Life" is in pro-
gress under the skilful BURN of Mr. James Smile
who will undoubtedly make it the best large land
scape engraving ever executed in this country
small etching OF this picture will accompany the
! volume of transactions about to be published.
The Medal for the year ls49--The subject of this
medal Is the head of Colonel Trunlbu in continu-
alton OF the series of distinguished American artists
commenced by the representations of Allston and
Stuart.
RrOare !Staft1ties.-A committee was appointed
some time since by the General Board to inquire
INTO the expcdiency of procuring satuettes in bronze
Tor distribution at the next annual meeting. The
London Art Union for several years has expended
most Judiciously portion of its funds III encour-
aging this branch OF Art. There has always been
"a difficulty in this country in obtaining proper
workmen, which Is the principal reason why
duced copies in bronze have not already been made
of several exquisite statues modelled by our own
artists, and which seemed peculiarly adapted to
this mode OF treatment. This obstacle has
been removed and there here at present several
persons lately arrived from Europe, who fully
competent 10 undertake this kind of work. Indeed,
the small bust of an Indian beautifully modelled
by Brown, has been reproduced in bronze by one
of these artists in very satisfactory manner. A
resolution has accordingly been passed, in accord
ance with the recommendation Of the special com
mittee of inquiry, that Mr. BaowN be commissioned
TO model statuette in bronze, twenty inches in
height, illustrative of Indian form and character,
and that twenty copies in bronze be cast for dstr-
button among the members of the year lS49
Efciings an Outline for the year lS49--A set of
Outlines, similar to the illustrations of Rip Van
Wrinkle, will undoubtedly be published for the
members of the present year. The special commit
tee upon Engravings have the subject under con
sideration but have as yes made no report upon il
to the General Board. Due notice shah be given as
soon as that body pass decisive resolution III rela
ton TO it,
The list of Paintings already purchased for dis
tribution, numbering already one hundred, i'm
cudes the following, to which additions are now
being made every week:
The Venetian Bride by Louis Lang; Swiss
Scenery, by ID. Huntington; 'Jephthah's Daugh
ter by w. G. Sanders; Coast Scene, near New
port, r. - by ID, Huntington; Leisure Hours by
Allen Smith, IT,; The Shepherd Boy, by Ed Raa6;
"A Peep at the Catskil Mountain House, 'Susque-
hanna Scenery from Recollection by T. Doughty
Cattle by T. IA. Hinckley; View in Berkshire
CO., Mass. Clearing off after September Storm
by Geo Inness; View on the French Broad River
by T. A. Richards; View in Pttsord, VT, by f. f.
Church; view of Great Darlington, Berkshire Co.,
Mass.-Mount Washington in the Dstsnce-by
Evening Sunlight by A. ii. wenzler; Looking
Seward, by IA. G.. Hall; 'Othello relating the
Story of his Life Expectation by G. A. Baker;
Gil Bias and the Archbishop by F. w. Edmonds;
Scene ON the Junista, by T. w Whitridge; Group
of Peasant Children by r. Zahner; The Inter
cepted Letter. by J. b. Flagg; Fruit Piece by
5. Roesen; Diamond Cove at Sunset, Portland,
Me- by Cbas. f. Beckett; The Sailor Boy" Pc
trarch's Laura, by s. s. Osgood; Duck Shooters
by w. Ranney; Landscape Composition by T.
Burford; Winter OH the Passaic' Early Autumn
Study from Nature, by ID. w. C. Boutelle; Mid
de6eld Falls, CT; 'Recollections of Kauterskll
Glove by r. w Hubbard; Jack the Giant Killer
by Alex Rutherford; view near Rockand Land
ing by James II. Cafferty; CHOW Never by
r. II. Matteson; 'Above the Clouds at Sunrise by
r. f.. Church; The Apple of Discord.' by H. IS