The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-01-18

stone, which imparts to ii The resemblance
Of painting on canvas
! Mr., Prang began his business in tho hum
blest way, but has rapidly increased lis es-
adjustment, until he now employs fifty work.
men, nearly NIL of;bcm artists and artisans
of the most skiliul class and is preparing
to move into a larger building at RoXbury.
He uses eighteen presses; and lis sales are
| enormous. His catalogue now embraces Il
large number of Album Cards, about seventy
sets of twelve in each Sci beautiful series
Of illuminated "Beaiiludes' and Scrip.
turel Motocs;' an endless list OF our great
, men not SO great after all Of Juveniles no.
laby, prolasely illustrated edition of
"Oid Mother Hubbard = and Of bali chgo-
mos and chromos proper. Tat's Chick,
ems, "Duckhngs,' and EQUALS were the
first chromos that met an instant and wide
recognition. Nineteen thousand copies Of
the 'Chickens' alone were sold. Brichcr' 5
EARLY Antumn on Esopus Creek is one
Of the best chromos ever made on small
scale. Tho "Buinch" and the ''Linnet"
iafier Cru;kshank) are admirable. There
are other chromos which are less successful,
and one or two that are not successful Mt all ;
but they are nearly all excellent copies of
the originals, with which the defects must
be charged.
The chromos Of Bricher's paintings are
really wonderfully accurate.
Mr. Prang's masterpiece, however, is no,
ye: published, although 1t is nearly ready for
the market. 1t entirely sarpassos I'll his
previous efforts. 1t is Corregg;o' "MAGDA.
LENA and can hardly fail, we think, to
command quick sale and hearty recogni.
lion,
Like every modern discovery, chrome.
TYPOGRAPHY has It's partisa1s and detractors,
those who claim for it perhaps impossible
capabilities, and those who regard it rs
mere handicraf:, which no skill can ever ell.
svate into the dignity Of an art We DO not
care to enter into these disputes. Whether
i'll art or & handicraft, chromo.l photography
certainly re. produces charming little pictures
vastly superior to any colorcd plates that we
""'c 'Ho ne'ore; h''n II 49, az least clearly
entitled 70 tie regarded as q means of odu.
V''''S ."' PoP"'"' '%S'e' ana 'aefeOy raising
The national ideal Of a7,.
y correspondent, looking At cnromos from
Gus s'o'"' o' view 'hNS 'h1'c"le' 'lt may be
''"'N NV eo'NoS,aS''''I, ~ tno'f possible III
'"''V' V" '"e 'N''ote VI 'He P'"l'e:-
NV bat the discovery Of The art Of printing
I'D Tor he mental growth Of The people, The
'rt Of chfomo'IitboEraphy seems destined TO
accomplish for their aesthetic cullurc. Be
lore types were 'irat made, scholars and the
healthier classes had ample opportunities
or study tor even when Bibles we're chain.
ed IN churches, and copies Of the Scriptures
then APPLY So-styIedl were worth Il herd Of
cattle, there were large Libraries accessible
% The arStocracy OF r""k and mind. But
they were guarded against the masses by the
double doors OF privilege aud ignorance. -
y book possessed no attractions for the man
VINO conld not read the alphabet; and, be,
Cause tAe} were rare and hard 10 get at he
Ia" no ncitement to master their mysteries,
Made cheap and common, the mcanesl peas.
ant, in the course Of "a few generations,
found solacc FOX his griots in the pages Of
Ac greatest authors Of his times and Of al
inc, Nen'a! culture became possible for
Whole naiionai and democracy, with It's il,
Amlta1!e blessings, gradually grew up under
he little shadow of the first printer proof
'lnl! within quite recent period, art
has been teudaI In lis associations. Gale
TICS vi -pF4tV'cS" piNhlllSS, indeed, mere
have always been in certain favored cities