The true Democrat., 1854-12-20
AMERICAN ARTISTS, UNION!!

Y|NlE AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION. would respect
 fully announce to the citizens of the United States and the Canadas that for the purpose of cultvating tste for the fine arts throughout the country, and with the view of enabling every family to become possessed of a gallery of Engravngs
 By the First Artists of the Age. They have determined, in order to create extensive sale for their Engravings, and thus not only give ployment to large number of artists and others. but inspire among our countrymen a taste for works o1 art to present to the purchasers of their engravngs when 2500 900 of them sold, 25O,OOO Gifts. Ot the actual cost of 5 l5O, 600. Each purchaser of One Dollar Engraving, there fore, receives not only an Engraving richly worth tn, money, but also ticket which entities him to O. the Gifts when they are distributed.
 For Five Dollars. highly finished Engraving beautifully PAINTED in OIL and FIVE GIFT TICKETS. will be sent; or FIVE DOLLARS worth splendid Engravings can be selected from the Cata logue.
 For each Dollar sent, an Engraving actually worth that sum, and Gift Ticket, will immediately be for warded.
 Agents:
 The Committee believing that the success of this GREAT NATIONAL UNDERTAKING will be materially promoted by the energy and enterprise of intelligent and preserving Agents, have resolved to treat with such the most liberal terms.
 Any person wishing to become an Agent by send ing (post paid Sl, WILL RECEIVE BY RETURN a One Dollar Engraving, q :" GIFT TICKET, ,n a Pros pectus, Catalogue and all other necessary informa- ton.
 On the 1llal cOmpleuOn O1 the sale. the GlttS Wll be placed in the hands of COMMITTEE of the PUR to be DISTRIBUTED. due notice of which vii be given throughout the United States and the Cana das.
 List of Gifts: 100 Marble busts of Washington, at $loO 5000 loo Clav............. 100 1000 100 Y Webster, ........ 100 1000 100 < Calhoun. ....... loo 1000 5o elegant Oil Paintings, in splendid
 gik frames, sizes 3X4 it. each. ..... 100 $50, 100 elegant Oil Paintings, 2x3 it. each, 50 800 800 steel plate Engravings. brilliantly
 cold in oil, rich.gilt frames 24x3oin.
 each ....... ................... 1o 300 10000 elegant steel plate Fl cravings,
 cold in o of the Uaht1.gtom 4Hb-
 numeat 20X26 in. each. ........ 4 4O,00, 23T,0oo steel plate Engravings, from
 100 different plates in posses
 sion of and owned by the Artists
 Union, of the market value ot from
 50 cts to S1 % each. ........... 4l OO0 l frst-cass Dwelling, in 3lst st., N.
 I. City,. .................. 12,000 p building lots in 100 and l0lststs N.
 City, each 25xl00 1t. deep, att. 1000 22OOO 100 Villa Sites, containing each 10000
 sq. it. in the suburbs of New York
 City, and commanding a magnif-
 cicnt view of the Hudson River and
 Long Island Sound, at. ......... 5G0 50.QOO 20 perpetual loans of cash, without interest, or security, of s250 each, 5000 50 100 '' 5000 loo 's '' ' 50 't < GOO 2oO 20 " 5000 1000 10000 Reference in regard to the Real Estate, F. J. V1s- soHER & Co.,, Real Estate Brokers, New York Or ders. post paid with money enclosed to be addressed J. w. HOLBROOKE, Secry, 505 Broadway. N. Y. ss65 The Engravings in the catalogue are now ready for delivery August l6 1854. 6m