The southern press., 1850-11-05
a GREAT NATIONAL WORK.
THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS
t}i5atasa AMERICANS.
Daguerreotypes by Brady---Engraved by
D'Avignon. s.at

TTNDER this title will be published, during tn,
- year 1850, twenty-four Portraits and Biographi
cal Sketches OF American citizens who have become
llustrous 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. F8 a3 1fsie l'st&ti w
Mr.. Brady has heep many years engaged, at great
expense, in collecting Portraits for National Gal
lery, and those which are being engraved for this
work are believed 10 be superior to any that have
ever been taken, In the accomplishment Of this great
object he has experienced the utmost courtesy and
encouragement from distinguished men. Mr.. Brady's
reputation has been too long established to need any
recommendation. His daguerreotypes are in the
highest sense the works OF art, glowing with the soul
OF the living countenance.
The drawings and engravings OF D'Avignon have
been pronounced by Europeans OF taste 10 be fully
equal and in respects superior to those Of the
best artists Or London and Paris and every inn
preston in this Gallery will be taken under his inn
mediate supervision The Typography will be exc
cued as carefully and in superb style as the en-
cravings themselves The entire work will be on
the finest imperial folio paper, l6 BY 20 nahcs, made
This work has nothing sectional in its scope il
will therefore be comprehensive in its spirit. The
names OF those only are admitted, whose talents
and public services have won for them an honorable
fame throughout the nation. Each OF the great de-
partments OF life will have its representatives. Art
and Literature universal in their spirit, and the
Gallery is intendedto to be worthy and enduring mon
ument to the great men OF the Republic, whose
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory o
the nation We hope that every lover OF Art, and
friend OF our glorious Union, will respond to ap
peal for encouragement apd aid in ocommendable
undertaking, that its publication may make an era in
he progress or American Art, and by grouping the
nstrious men OF the Union together, consolidate il
still more firmly. Gp4 4
AS no work Of this kind has appeared in America,
md hon thevs in II
beyond the reach OF most Of our citizens, the publish
ers have resolved to merit large circulation, by
charging a very low pricc. They have, therefore,
established the following
CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE. l ~
A years subscription for "a numbers, $40 s.
2copes for the year, (eachD .1 IS
- .s6.sa' 4. 10 &
lO -. .Yr.. 10 sg
20 "a &C &c u 90
An the numbers sold separately. For a single
nu,nbcr, 81; and larger quantity Of any single No
at the rates above.
All orders for single numbers, or more, will be
promptly filed on the receipt of the money. The
whole can be without danger Of injury, by the
expresses, to any part OF the country.
g. Any Bookseller. Postmaster, Librarian, or any
other person. may obtain subscribers, and his orders
will be filed when the money is received.
Advertisements which concern the Fine Arts, IN
every department, will be admitted ON the cover IN
the style Of the European Journals ON the following
terms ~ ss,g8 sssfg.s. IA 81 + rs sIrjt-
For one square (of eight lines) once, 81
Fora square for one year, 80. III
A corresponding reduction for larger space.
Cards Of Artists and others, (of hall square) for
the year, =. , f.
N BAH orders and business communications
may be addressed (post paid) to Brady, D'Avignon
& Co., 2O5 Broadway, New York. rsi RI
Subscription lists are opened at all the principal
Bookstores throughout the United States.
8 st,s g.t.s ~ H THE EDITORS. 3
Taylor and Maury and Franck Taylor, Agents for
washington.
New YoRK, Jan. I. 1851 a3N
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