The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-12
New lgork ADVERTISEMENTS.
8 PROSPECTUS s oGt
OF U4t.t I,n
THE AMERICAN ART-UNION
FOR 1849. "f
OFFICERS FOR ls49.

OFFICERS FOR lS49
PROSPER M WErmoRE, President GEORGE w.
AUSTEN, Treasurer ANDREW WARsER, Core
spending Secretary. NATHANIEL JARVIS, JR., Re
coyding Secretary
COMMITTEE OF INSTRUMENTATION 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, jr.,
John p. Ridner, William J. Hoppin, Abraham NJ
Cozzens, Marshall o. Roberts Frederick A. Coe,
Lefferts G. Coles, Robert Kelly, Andrew Warner,
Benjamin II. Jarvis, John H. Austen, James w.
Beekman, Philip Hone, Evert A. Duyckinck.
EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE.--Abraham nj. Cozzens,
Chairman, Andrew Warner, William ]. Hoppin,
Frederick A. Coe, Benjamin II. Jarvis. President
and Treasurer, er Q6ieiO.
SUpERINTENDENT--J. William Moore.
PLAN.
Every subscriber of FIVE DOLLARS is a men,
Der of the Art Union for the year. and is entitled
all its privileges.
The money thus obtained CATER paying necessary
expenses Pens IS i applied P{a l.,.,,. - , -, ,,
ORIGINAL ENGRAVING roman American paint
ing of which the plate and copyright belong TO the
Institution, and are used solely for its benefit. of
this Engraving every member receives a copy for
every five dollars paid by him. Members entitled
to duplicates are at liberty to select from the
cravings of previous years. Whenever the funds
Justify it, AN EXTRA ENGRAVING OR WORK
OF ART is also furnished to every member. Every
proceedings, &C., of the Institution.
Second.-I0 the 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 are PUBLICLY DIS
TRlBUTED BY LOT among the members, each
member having one 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 or 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
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
trlbutlon, 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 men,
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 Engrauings, and the annual
Report of the year l64s. The Engraving of Queen
Grey" upon steel, and measuring % inches by l53
inches, was finished early in the year, and has been
IN the hands of the printer ever 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
as possible in the order of the receipt of subscrip
tons. Those Honorary Secretaries, therefore, who
transmitted the earliest remttances may expect to
be first supplied The Outline Illustrations Of Rip
Pan UinkR will be ready for delivery at the same
time with the Queen 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 "Voyage of L1e is in pro-
gress under the sklful BURN of Mr.. James Smile,
who will undoubtedly make it the best large land
scape engraving ever executed in this country. A
small etching of this picture will accompany the
volume of Transactions about to be published.
The Medal for the year 1S49.-The subject of this
medal is the head of Colonel Trumbull, in contnu-
alton Of the series of distinguished American artists
commenced by the representations of Allston and
Stuart.
Bronze Sfattletfes.-A committee was appointed
some time since by the General Board TO inquire
into the expcdiency of procuring satuettesn bronze
for distribution at the next annual meeting The
London Art Union for several years has expended
most Judiciously portion of its funds in encour-
aging this branch of Art. There has always been
a difficulty in this country in obtaining proper
WHICH Is the principal reason why re-
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 now
been removed and there here at present several
persons lately arrived from Europe, who are fully
competent TO 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 a very satisfactory manner A
resolution has accordingly been passed, in accord
ance with the recommendation of the special COM
mittee of inquiry, that Mr. BRowN be commissioned
TO model a statuette in bronze, twenty inches in
height, illustrative of Indian form and character,
and that twenty copies in bronze be cast for distri
button among the members of the year lS49.
Efchings IN Outline for the year 1874 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 yet made no report upon il
10 the General Board. Due notice shall be given as
soon as that body pass decisive resolution in rela
ton TO IT,
The list of Paintings already purchased for dis
tribution, numbering already over one hundred, in
cludes 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. c. Sanders; Coast Scene, near New
port, r. L., by d. Huntington; Leisure Hours by
Allen Smith, jr.; The Shepherd Boy by Ed. Raab;
"A Peep at the Catskill Mountain House, 'Susquc-
hanna Scenery from Recollection, by It Doughty
Cattle by r. H. Hinckley; view in Berkshire |
CO., Mass. Clearing off after September Storm
by Geo. lnness; View on the French BROAD River
by T. A. Richards; View in Pitsford, w. by F. f.
Church; View Of Great harrington, Berkshire Co.,
Mass.-Mount Washington in the Distance-by |
Evening Sunlight, by A. II. Wenzler; Looking |
Seward by II. @. Hail. 'Othello relating the |
Story Of his LIFE Expectation by g. A. Baker
'Gil Bias and the Archbishop, by r. w Edmonds |
Scene ON the Juniata,' by It w. Whitridge; Group
of Peasant Children, by R. Zahner; The Inter
cepted Letter. by J. b. Flagg Fruit Piece by |
). Rocsen; Diamond Cove az Sunset, Portland, |
Me- by Chas. F. Beckett; The Sailor Boy" pc |
trarchs Laura by S. s. Osgood; Duck Shooters
by w Ranney; Landscape Composition by T.
Burford; Winter ON the Passaic;' Early Autumn