Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-01-30
BURLINGTON TUESDAY, JANUARY 80, 1855
THIRD YEAR. VOL. mo 35.
AMERICAN ARTISTS, UNIoN,

TIME AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION would respect
i fully announce to the citizens Of the U. States
and the Canadas that for the purpose of Culivatng
taste for the fine arts throughout the conutry, and
with aview Of enabling every familv 'e become pos
sessed of gallery of Engraving
BY THE FIRST ARTISTS OF THE AGE,
They have determined in order create an extensive
sale for their engravings and thus only give en-
poyment to large number of artists and Others but
inspire among our countrymen q taste foi works Of
art present to the purchasers Of their engravngs
when $50 900 Of them sold,
25O,O0O GIFTS, of the actual cost Of $3.50 900.
Each purchaser Of One Dollar Engraving, there
FORE receives notonly an engraving richly worth the
monev. but also ticket which entities him one of
the Gifts when they distributed.
For Five Dollars, highly finished Engraving,
beautifully PAINTED in OIL, and FIVE GIFT
TICKETS, will be sent; or FIVE DOLLARS We. :
splendid Engravings can be selected from the Cata-
ogue.
a copy of the Catalogue, together with specimen
OF enc of the Engravings be seen at the office Of
For each dollar sent, an raving 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 perseverng agents have resolved to treat with
such on the most liberal terms.
Any person wishing to become an agent, by sending
(post paid 81, WILL RECEIVE BY RETURN OF NAIL,
One Dollar Eagraving, "GIFT TICKET" q Pro-
spectus, Catalogue and all other necessary nforma
tion. M#
On the final completion Of the sale, the Gifts will
be placed in the hands Of COMMITTEE Of the PuR-
cHAsERs to be DISTRIBUTED, due notice of which will
be given ougkout the United States and the Cana
das.
LIST OF GIFTS:
100 Marble busts Of Washington, at 800, $4,000
100 z Clay 100, 10000
100 90 Webster, 100, 10000
100 !" Calhoun, 100, 10000
so elegant Oil Paintings, IN
splendid gilt frames, size 100, 5000
3x4 feet each,
100 elegant Oil Paintings, 2x3 #. each so 5000
500 steel plate Engravings, bril- liant.
ly cold in oil, rich gilt frames 24x30 5000
inches each,
/ O 900 elegant steel plate engravings.
colored in oil, of the WASHINGTON 4 $1,000
MONUMENT 20x26 in. each,
237 900 steel plate Engravings, from
100 different plates, in pos
session OF, and owncdb the Art
lists Union, of the market value
of, from lets. to 81 each, II, ,000
l first-cass dwelling, in 3lst ST., N.
Y. City, 10000
% building lots in 1ol and OF sts, N.
Y.City, each 25xl0O ft. deep, at 200 $4,000
100 Villa sites, containing each 900
square feet in the suburbs Of N.
Y.Cty, and commanding mag
nificent view of the Hudson Riv-
er and long Island Sound, at 500, $4,000
20 perpetual loans of cash, without
interest, or security, of $3.50 each, 5000
10 /" 100 +" 5000
200 Z" i" so 5000
$50 90 " 5000
3. 900 10000
Reference in regard to the Real Estate, F.J. VIss-
CHER Co., Real Estate Brokeas, New York. Orders,
post paid with money enclosed, to be addressed,
j. W. HOLBROOKE,
Secry, sos Broadway, n Y.
gs-The Engravings in the Catalogue are now