The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-10
ProRresg Of Ameriean Cromo .LlthopraphY

Progress Of American Cromo -Llthography.
Mr. Prang is rapidly increasing his bust.
ness and improving his beautiful art. lie
has begun his contemplated Gallery Of
American Painters in which no proposes
to produce at least one Characteristic picture
by each Of our eminent artists. He has al
ready published several landscapes by
| Butcher, several groups Of chickens and the
like, by TAFT, several fruit pieces by Lily NJ.
! Spencer and Miss '. CRANBERRY, Of New
York, couple Of GENRE pictures by Niles,
OF Boston, series OF Ruggles gems in oil
colors, besides a great variety Of illuminated
texts and cards by Miss Jennie Lee, of Jer.
sey, and cartoons and Autographs by Mr..
Homer, and others.
lie has now in active preparation "A New
England Winter Landscape by the late Mr..
Moryeller Of Maiden figure piece, 1.-THE
Barcfooted Boy" by Eastman johnson :
"Easter Morning. by Mrs. Theresa Hart,
wife Of James Hart, the landscape painter
two brilliant pictures Of children in the
woods, "The May Queen and "The Little
Rogue" by Mrs. $. G. Brown; "The Ship.
wreck Of Steerforth,' by Morgan; "The
Fricudy by Giraud. "The White Mountains
in October by Mr. q. l.. Brown; "The
Bay Of New York. by the same artist;
"lhe Falls Of the 70 Semitic by Bierstadt
two fruit pieces, by S. W. Fuller; Cherries
and Basket by Mrs, Cranberry; and be-
sides these he has q number Of other com.
positions on the ca5eIs of distinguished New
York painters. TAFT is hard at work on his
tayorte subjects. We are not at liberty to
name the paintings by foreign artists that
are to be chromoed rs rapidly as possible,
because in the absence of an international
copyright law, fine art publishers aro liable
to the same anuoyances which are now ex.
perieuccd by the publishers Of foreign books
The "Wintcr Landscape by Morveiler,
is picture as essentially New EngIaudsh,
ii we may COIN the wurds,-as pumpkin
pies or Thanksgiving. MorveiIer made
speciality Of winter scenes, and was admitted
to BE- the best painter Of snow in America
This is one Of the Of the best Of his small |
pieces. 1t represents an old farm house by
the roadside, with its inevitable LIS and out |
houses; grandma in the yard engaged in |
feeding poultry q group of skaters on a |
frozen stream hard by, with spectators look. |
ing on at the sport; in the distance, the |
village which is hidden by the trees on its
outskirts \ grand old elm, under whose
wide spreading branches the farmhouse is |
built is rendered with wonderful fidelity and |
spirit; and the appIe.tree on the other side
Jt the road, seems to have been photograph.
ID from every family homestead in Ma5sa-
,husetts away from the great iron thorough
ares. The picture is pleasant one; for it
las warm, chcertul-glow-such as every
me delights in, on zine mornings in win.
er when the snow lies deep and the sleigh
,ells are ringing mcrrily on every road.
The Fails Of the 70 Semitic is a char.
Icterstic bit Of California scenery in Bier.
tadts wellknown style. 1t represents
right sunset on lonely lake, whose soil
ude is disturbed only by pair of water
owl that hover over and rest on the rocks
It the shore. Abrupt, steep and rugged
a part of which tumbles head
ong, graceful waterfall-from the south.
I'm boundary of the lake; and fringe OF
gigantic brauchless fir trees skirt the north.
I'm shore. 1t is careful study after nature
md every touch is Bierdstadtish.
The "Barefooted Boy" is q true artists
endering of Whttier's familiar lines;
BLESSINGS on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy with checks of tam
With thy turned-up pautaloons
And thy merry whist,ci tunes;
with thy red lip, rediar still
Kissed by the strawb berries ON the hin.
With the sunshine on thy face
Through thy torn brin's jaunty grace
From my heart give thee yy-
was once barefoot boy
Prince thou art-the grown ~ man 5
only is republican,