Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
AMERICAN ART STS' UNION.

TNHE American Artists Union would respect
l. fully announce to the citizens of the United
States and the Canadas that for the purpose of
cultivating taste for the fine arts throughout the
country, and with view of enabling every family
to become possessed of gallery of Engravings by
the first artists of the age, they have determined, in
order to create an extensive sale for their Engrav-
Iings, and thus not only give employment to large
number of artists and others, but inspire among
our countrymen taste for works of art to present
to the purchasers of their engravings, when $780,
600 of which are sold,
100000 Gifts, of the actual cost of
$I5O,OOO
| Each purchaser Of One Dollar Engraving
therefore, receives not only an Engraving richly
worth the money, but also ticket which entities
him to one of 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 of splendid Engrav-
ngs can be selected from the catalogue and sent
by return mail or express.
| A copy of the catalogue, together with speci-
men of one of the Engravings, can be seen at the
Office of this paper.
| For each dollar sent, an Engraving actually
worth that sum, and Gift ticket, will Immediately
be forwarded.
AGENTS.
| The committee believing that the success of this
great national undertaking will be materially pro-
NOTED by the energy and enterprise of intelligent
and persevering agents, have resolved to treat with
such OH the most liberal terms.
| Any person wishing to become an agent by
sending (post paid) 81, will receive by return of
mail one dollar Engraving, Gift Ticket a
Prospectus, Catalogue, and all other necessary
information.
! On the final completion of the sale, the Gifts will
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chasers to be distributed, due notice of which will
be given throughout the United States and the
Canadas.
LIST OF GIFTS.
100 marble busts of Washington, at 500 $4,000
100 Clay, 100 10000
100 Webster, 100 10000
100 Calhoun, 100 10000
| so elegant Oil Paintings, in splendid
gilt frames, size 3x4 #. each, 100 5000
100 elegant Oil Paintings, 2x3 #. each SO 5000
500 steel plate Engravings, brilliantly
colored in oil, rich gilt frames
| 24x3O inches each, 10 5000
10000 elegant steel plate Engravings,
| colored in oil, of the Washington
| Monument, 2Ox26 in. each, 10000
237 900 steel plate Engravings, from
100 different plates now in pos
session of and owned by the Ar
| lists Union, of the market value
of from SO cents to 81 each 4l,00O
| frst-class Dwelling in 3lst street,
New York city, $4,000
% Building Lots in 100 and lOlst
sts., New York city, each 25xl0O
feet deep, at 1000 $4,000
100 Villa Sites, containing each 10000
SO. feet in the suburbs of New
York city, anu commanding
| magnificent view of the Hudson
| river and Long Island Sound, at 500 10000
| 20 perpetual loans Of cash, without
interest, or security, of $3.50 each, 5000
| so do do 100 I" 5000
100 100 do do do so so " " s' oof
1000 do do 10000
Reference in regard to the Real Estate, F. ]
VIsscHER & Co., Real Estate Brokers, New York
Orders, (post paid,) with money enclosed, 10 be
addressed J. w. HOLBROOKE,
Secretary, 2O5 Broadway, New York.
| UTThe Engravngs in the catalogue now