The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10

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| EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.
FINDER this title will be published, during TIL
u year 1850, twenty -four Portraits and Biographi
| cal Sketches OF American citizens who have become
llusrious in the service Of the country Every por
ton of the work will receive the most careful atten
ton, and nothing will be spared to render it worthy
| mad enduring monument to the great men OF the Re
public.
MIR. Brady has been many years engaged, at grca
expense, in collecting Portraits for National Cal
lery, and those which are being engraved for thi.
work believed 10 be superior to any that have
been taken. In the accomplishment Of this great
object he has experienced the utmost courtesy and
encouragement from distinguished men. Mr. Brady.
reputation has been too long established to need any
Recommendation. His daguerreotypes are in TIE
highest the works OF art, glowing with the soul
Of the living co,lntenance.
The drawings and engravings Of D'Avignon have
been pronounced by Europeans OF taste TO be fully
equal and in respects superior to those OF the
best artists Of London and Paris and every i'm
preston in this Gallery will be taken under his i'm.
mediate supervision The Typography will be exc
cuted carefully and in superb style "a the
cravings themselves. The entire work will be on
The finest imperial folio paper, 6 by % inches, made
expressly for this purpose.
This york has nothing sectional in its scope il
win therefore be comprehensive its spirit. The
names of those only admitted, whose talents
and public services have won for them honorable
partnens OF life will have its representatives. Art
and Literature are universal in their spirit and the
Gallery is intended to be worthy and enduring mon
ume mt to the great Of the Republic. whose
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory OF
the n.tion We hope that every lover OF Art, and
friend of our glorious Unon will respond to APP
peal for encourage ment and aid in commend BILE
undertaking, that its publication my make an era IN
he progress OF American Art, and by grouping the
strious men OF the Union together, consolidate il
still more firmly.
As no work Of this kind has appeared in America.
and the prices they sustain in Europe would place il
beyond the reach Of most Of citizens, the publish
ers have resolved to merit large circulation, by
charging very low price. They have, therefore,
established the following
CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE.
A years subscription for "a numbers, $50
2copes for the year, (each) is
:" 10
10 /" Is
90 I" . IA
so g &c &c ~ 90
All the numbers sold separately. For single
number, 81; and larger quantity OF any single No
at the rates as above.
All orders for single numbers, more, will be
promptly filled on the receipt Of the money. The
whole can be without danger Of injury, by the
expresses, to any part of the country.
gT- ANY Bookseller Postmaster, Librarian, any
other person. may obtain subscribers, and his orders
will be filled when the money is received.
AdNerusencnts Whlch CONCERN tuc T ING hi'S, ~"
every department, will be admitted on the cover in
the style of the European Journals, ON the following
terms:
For square (of eight lines) once, 81
For square for one year, .. III
corresponding reduction for larger space.
Cards OF Artists and others, (of halt s9uare) for
the year, .
N B.-An orders and business communications
may be addressed (post paid to Brady, D'Avgnon
& Co., 205 Broadway, New York.
Subscription lists are opened at all the principal
Bookstores throughout the U nited States.
THE EDITORS.
Taylor and Maury and Franck Taylor, Agents for
washington.
+ New YokK, Jan. /, 1851
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~ BROG.A.NS.-l 900 pair Oak Tanned Russett
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