Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-15
THE COSMOPOLITAN

ART u Lii ERAkY ASSOtEA IlDN.
Organised for lie encouragement and general dt-
fusion of Literature md the Fne 4Irts on a nep
and original plan, ua9er h2 management Of
pricate enterprise and Honorary Directors.
ri NHlS new Association is designed to encour-
4 age and popuIarse the Fiuc Arts, and dis
seminate pure and Wholes me iteta ure thro'-
ont The country. For this purpose Gallery of
Arts is to be permanently TO nded, which will
each year contain a Oh lice and valuable collec-
ton of Painting, &c,
FOR FREE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION.
The As ociation will publish and issue to its
members the best Literature of the day, consis-
ting of the most popular Monthly Magazines,
Pictorial Library Works, sc.
| The officers of the Association for 1854 have
the pleasure of announcing that the subscrip-
ton books for the current year are now epen,
and that the first annual distribution of Works
of Art contained in the above Gallery will take
place in January next; on which occasion there
will be distributed among the members Of the
Associate IL, free of charge several hundred su-
perb Works of Art, among which there will be
the original and world-renowned statue OF Hiram
Powers THE GREEK SLAVE.
purchased at an expense of over $5,' % Al
so, large and very choice selection OF magnlfl-
cent OIL PAINTINGS, consisting of the best
productions Of celebrated American and Foreign
Artists, among which are the works OF Read,
Kensett, Clough, Griswold, Frankenstei >, and
other eminent American Artists, which, with
= the constant additions made through the agent
now in Europe, will render this by far the most
complete Gallery of Art in the United States.
The LITERATURE published for dissemina-
ton among the members of the Association, Iol
, 1854, will consist of the following popular
monthly Magazines, viz: The knickerbocker,
New York Monthly, Harpey's, Putnam's, Gra.
hams and Godey's Lady Book, all OF which arc
three dollar magazines This Association !:
open to all. Any person on the payment OF 10
becomes member, and receives for on yeal
ei her Of the above magazines, and FltEf
TICKET in the annual distribution OF Paintings
tdtuary, &c., contained in the above Gallery
The net proceeds derived by this Association
from the sale of membershi will be deyote'
) expressly to the purchase Of Works OF Art 10
i the ensuing year.
The Gallery of the As.ocia ion will be locate
: at SanduskJ City, Ohio, where superb Grant
e Buildings are beng erected Ior it, and will SEQ
be open 10 visitors.
j. Eastern and Western offices for subscription
If will be located 10 New York aud SandusAy
Thus it is seen hat the pa ment OF 3 consti
u tules membership in the Association, whic
. no only entities person TO Ticket III the an
nua distribution of Paintings and Statuar,, bu
e als3 to one , ears subscii pton 10 the 'Giant
# the Mon hlies," Hatper's M 'gazne, or eithe
one of the magazines named above. The nag
IS ahnes will be prom ,,ty forwarded to member
+; b mail, each month, flom New York and Phi
; adelphia.
7, Pers MS renting funds for membership shoul
ls state the uonth with which they wish the
10 magazines 10 commence, and also their Pot o
s. fee addrt SIS in fub on the receipt OF which,
. certificate of membership, together with th
v magazine desired, will be forwarded to any pa
ut of the country.
The increasing interest felt in the advance
IL menl Of the Fine Arts, warrants the belief tn
ID this Associat on will, with the powerful aid
Literature, becomes at once
UNlVE <SALLY POPT LAR,
as it not only cutivates and encourages the Fir
te Arts, but dissemnates sterling erture through
out The land hereby adapting itself TO the prese
ri wants and tastes of the American people, Ell
n. bling both rich and poor TO make their hom
pleasant and attractive, by the aid IF Scul ptur
- Paintings, and the best reading matter whiC
,1 the wide range of American aud Foreign Lite
atufe affords.
IT, The Managers have determined that all whit
- energy aud industry can do, combined with j
~ cious aud liberal expenditure. shall be don
,h in ord-r to extend the usefulness of the Ass
q, alton, and to augment It's power in advancil
W the true interests of Art in the United States
lis The new Gallery Rooms IN Sandusky are
ing rapidly completed, in which the whole &C
lection now forming in N. York will be exhibit
New volumes of the magazines commences s
- July, pres-ntin. an excellent opportunity for b
Gu coming member. Each M mber is entitled
.e, two volumes year, and can commence WI
any number or month Of he magazine from ia
lie uary last. Books are now open to rece'
So names. Office of The Associations in the khic
erbocker Office, NO S4S Broadway, N. T., a
Iy al No. 8 Water. s., Sandusky Address at Ell
ev er Office. C L. 'ERBY,
- Sandusky, July 1, "a. Actuary c. A 81.