Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-11-03

Among the many bene fetal results that
will attend the distribution OF pa; n,iugs
by the Crosby Opera House Art Associa-
ton, probably the most important, because
the most universal, will be the wide
spread dissemination Of elegant engrav-
ings from the works of great artists. It is
imlossi1le 10 ovcr-estimale the effect
which which the presence Of these fne
prints III SO many households will have in
refining and Gu! waiting higher and
truer taste for art among the peoc!e.-
Eve" the cheap, flaming colored prints
we used TO see IN country taverns and
rustic residences had their mission and
accomplished their work in the cultiva-
ton OF love for the beautiful. Blu, these
nne!y executed copies of noble paintings
another epoch in the development of art
culture. Next to u splendid painting,
tine engraving is mos: desirable for the
walls Of u drawing-room or library, and
the Crosby Association is doing a noble
and valuable work in filing so MANY
homes with engraviDgs OF the choicest and
best. The effects Of their presence will
be visible. after many days, in more
rapid and thorough development of true
art taste in the West
While these general remarks apply
equally to all the beautiful engravings the
Association furnishes to subscribers. we
Set out with the purpose of calling a little
special attention to the picture entitled
Washington Irving aud his Literary
Friends, as one Of The most desirable. in
Il popular sense, of the whole The priu,
contains accurate portraits, from the cell
ebrated pencil Of Schuessele, Of fifteen of
the most prominent literary celebrities of
lrv,ng's time-the best acd most au,hen.
tic portraits published. Besides Ming.
the central figure in the group, the pic
ture represents Hawthorne, the genial
face lost to US, alas, forever; LongfeIlow,
Prescott, Fenimore Cooper, J. X Pauid-
ing, n. L. Willie, Tuckerman, j. p. Ken.
nedy, Q. W. Holmes, Simms, Bancroft,
Ra'ph Waldo Emerson, IIalleck, aud W
G. Bryant-a collection Of American lite
rati well worthy to grace any home 10 the
land. The likenesses are accurate, and
the grouping more easy and ma, ural than
is often seen in similar works. 1t is o
very effective and striking picture through
out, and, we believe, the bes, specimen of
engraving we have ever seen from the
BURN Of an American artist. . .
Wha: adds to the value of the engrav-
ing is the fact that no copies are to be had
after the distribution shall have taken
place; some of the once wel'-known faces
are covered from earth forever, and can
therefore never be reproduced, SC that. as
the years roll on, and copies Of this print
become more rare, the remainder will
acquire additional value, and those who
possess them will be considered fortunat to
Indeed. While each tf the other eugrav.
ings possesses an intrinsic merit of ito
own, which renders them all desirable or
naments Of any home, the Irving engray
ing combines features which give il espe-
cial value, and which render it particu>
lsrly sought for. The time will come
when every copy of this print will com
msnd double or treble the price a, which
it is now furnished the pablic.- Chicago
Paper. IL 60. = :, s........... 49,. =
A HEAVY SrLL--A great watch dog,
! belonging to a PHILADELPHIA dry goods
house, died recently, and the clerks could
not readily get rid of the body. They
finally put it in a packing box, nailed on