The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-11-25
TIPToN, IOWA, NOVEMBER %s5, 1869,
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! 1t would be impossible In tho limits
Of an article like this, TO convey y Just
idea of the process Of chrome lithogra-
phy; but its most important steps may
be briefly indicated. ~ ,Eo'
The stone, is first ground and polished
or grained. a. the character Of the draw
ing to be made on 1t requires; the draw
ing is next made; then follow the
etching, proving, and preparing the
plates for the press; next comes the
printing, and lastly the finishing,
mounting, sizing, DC. This is COM
paratively brief catalogue Of stages, and
the inference would be natural that
chrome lithography is q very simple
and easy process. Butwhen IL is added
that an artist is often engaged for
months in the reproduction on stone of
a single picture, that in lithogmphing
some pictures more than thirty different
stones have to be used, and that, thro'-
out the whole work, degree Of skill
to say nothing ofartistic genius, patience
and care is requisite, such as is demand
ed in few other employments of the
human brain and hands, 1t viii be seen
that such an inference is unwarraut-
ed.
! Everybody knows what ithography
is-or rather knows that It is the pro-
cess ofprinting from stone, and chro-
! mos such rs are made almost exclusively
at Prang & Co.'S establishment, are the
reproduction of oil OF, water color paint
ings by this process Of chromo-lithosra-
phy, which in its application to this
end reaches in the hands of tskilful
artists the climax of its adaptabiIity to
artistic purposes 10 produce sucli
chromOs requires conditions for success
| other than mere excellence of stone and
material, and the perfection of the
printers skill; there is something more
important than either or all of this
The handthAt sfeprdlSss or,ttA stone
the painting to be copied must be that Of
true artist. No dauber or botcher- can
do tllis work, which demands in him
who does it Not. mersly aalapuM skill
and fine artistic vision, but a thorough
! understanding Of and earnest sympathy
with the purpose of the painter whose
work is before him, strong powers Of
a , al c;S~ s.A I, ,>vx, 1s,Itra nf
Few men possess these qualiticationsoin In
the requisite degree; but that of these
few Prang's establishment has It's full
share, is attested by the fidelity and
general artistic excellence of his chro-
mos t-.s
Within six years Prang's chrome
Autographs have attained u popularity
unprecedented in the history of Art. 1t
is less than twenty years since the first
chrOn.os, from England and Germany,
were brought to this country. Their
circulation was very limited, owing to
their high cost, and other reasons; but
to- day there is hardly person of mod
crate education who is not familiar with
Prang's American chromos, and few
families who do not possess one or more
of them. OF single picture, Taits
"Chickens,' over 10000 copies have
been sold; and the Barefoot Boy"
published only few months ago, the
Easter Morning. the Reading Mag
dalen," and dozen others, bid fair to
become its rivals in popularity. These
facts tend to disprove the common asser-
ton that the mass of the people have
no taste for or appreciation of art. 1t
has not been question of taste, but
question Of money. Nine persons out of
ten covet fine painting. wherever they
see one; but eight uf the nine have not
the means to crafty their longing. MI.
Prang has made possession an easy Sc
quence of desire. For ten dollars the
working man may glorify his house
with one Of Corregio's masterpieces; for
the same sum he may delight his eyes
and his soul with the harmonious rich-
ness Of Bierstadt's "Sunset in Calitor-
MAJ" he may warm his patriotism and
feed his ambition by contemplating
"The Boyhood Of hineon.' or he may
renew his youth in gazing on the
inimitable portrait of Whittier's Bare
foot Boy" j
As AN educator Mr. Prang deserves
high place in our annals. He has made
"things of beauty" and put them with
ii, tho ut toinmant Of the hmm !,lest. and
the love of the beautiful before dormant
in many a soul, has been aroused by his
works to an activity which clothes the
whole word IN Tighter hues, and
makes life itself a poem.
A Calfornian's Description of a
Pullman Car.
go. Job Jones'" who contributes 10