The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-26

Of his latest and works Thsy WIN exhibited on
February and sold February at Leeds Art Cal
lsrss on Broadway The fruit Of long years OF intsli-
gent study. they cannot fail 10 interest all lovers Of
me.Lithosraphy.
when Ssnefeder discov seventy years
ago he could not have anticipated that would lead 10
the prospects which chrome hhsgraphy is now opening
for the popuarization Of Art among the million. An
enthusiastic but thoughtful writer has said that what
tho dscovcry Of printing did for the mental
growth OF the people the ara Of chrome
iIhogsaphy seems destined 10 accomplish for
their esthetic culture. Until within . recent
period art declared by this writer to have been feudal
in its associations The galleries OF priceless paintings
in favored cities and countries have been
cessiDe to the people WHOLE because previous
training had taught the community how to prize them
Now the art of printing pictures
from ssons in coors although Il is still in its infancy,
spromses diuse not love OF art merely among tho
people large but to disseminate the choicest master
pieces OF art ITSELF II is art repubcanized and natu
niIsd in America" In this country. indeed, ii has
been attempted but by very few Their success, how
ever and the increasing importatons Of chrome
autographs from Europe, indicate rich and encouraging
field for the art in the United states.
The oldest chromo photographers in Europe are, we
believe, Storch Kramer, in Berlin. Fine chromos
and at Man Italy. In Germany most OF the chromos
OF oil paintings have been made In England the larger
proportion OF chromos have been copied from water
colors Hanhart George Rowney Co.. and Moore,
Mcqueen Co. the principal London chromo-lilho-
Rraphcrs.
In this country Prang, OF Boston, has hitherto taken
tho lead and in fact has stood almost alone until few
months age Prangs catalogue already numbers nearly
hundred fac siDe copies Of oil and water color paint
ings including both chromos and half chroinos Seve
raj OF these have had to commend show.
ing the steady improvement of tho Prangs chromos
OF poultry ard game, after TAFT, Lemmens and Bosset
Of birds, after William Crukshan of flowers and fruit,
after Spencer and Cranberry; of figures, after
Bongucrcan; or American landscapes, after
Bricher aud Ruggles are for the most part.
highly praiseworthy; and s'rhe Reading Magdalena,
Corregios famous original in the Dresden gallery,
will doubtless stimulate taste for art among thousands
who have never seen even the numerous engravng Of
that masterpiece
In New York, Fabronus Quincy Son have most
successfully entered upon the enterprise of naturaz
chromothography in their superb portrait OF General
Grant, which has just been published. This is repro
ducton OF the portrait by Constant Mayer OF which the
HERALD said, March 90 1866 1T Grant In his
natural and pleasant mood The sternncss harsh
which characterize the pictures of tho hero OF the
late war, heretofore presented us subdued and
toned down to the standard OF nature A finer speci-
men OF distributing and relief il would be hard to
conceive The head stands boldly out from the
bringing the spectator face with the original
almost destroying the illusion that II is counterfeit
pressntmenf and real life upon which he look
ing ], not too much to add that the chrome most
faithfully reproducos the portrait Of General Grant BY
the by the frat complete proof OF Nar5hal's engraving
/ OF General Grant was taken yesterday.
Several OF New York artists have recently sub
United their works 10 cbromo-thograpners at home
and abroad Works OF Bestadt. Shattuca Bradford and
Constant Mayer will thus be reproduced Berlin
Chromos of Cropsey's landscapes aud Eastman John
sons pictures have already secured an extensive SALE
and chromos of works by Jerome Thompson VIII shortly
appear Schaus Knoeder, whiting, Wood and other
New York picture dealers ina that ohromo- ithography
has added a new, attractive and profitable foaura
their business One OF the finest Berlin chromos which
have yet seen, salmon and Trout after the
English artist Rnfe, is on exhibition n Schaus'.
II hoped that the artists who encourage the develop
OF TINS art viii insist npon the utmost in
the reproduction Of their paintings; otherwise the
public eve viii pe danger or being miseducated IN
stead Of properly educated 1t were pity II chromo-
+! TYPOGRAPHY. while interesting greater number OF
people than have hitherto been accustomed look
pictures should lower instead Of elcvatpg The standard
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