The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-12-09

ly that he did not know where to put
| and was obliged to use his hat for war
Of reservoir more convenient. Th
little map was marvellous hit. It sol
to the extent Of forty thousand copie
before the public mind was turned I
other SCENES"
Mr.. Prang followed up this success b.
other equally popular maps; then, b!
card portraits Of the Union General
and heroes; and In this way he accumu
lated the capital upon which his presen
business was founded. His first attempt,
at chromo-lithography were his album
cards Of flowers, fruit, MOSES, birds
autumn leaves and miniature landscap PER
all painted from Nature by artists
whom he employed for the purpose;
and 50 well did these unpretentious
publications please the public, that oi
one series Of dozen roses, for example,
any thousand sets have been sold.
And ""'' says MT. Parton. ..bv sue.
cessive steps this able man arrived at
the production Of full chromo- litho-
graphs. His first attempts were failures.
A set Of four Cuban scenes, the first OF
the Prang chromos, which were sold
together in paper portfolio, did not
strike the public favorably. There was
nothing to hang up In the parlor. Mr..
Prang next tried q pair Of landscapes,
which also failed to allure five dollar
bills from the passers by. His third at.
tempt was Tait's Group Of Chickens,
and this was an immediate, great and
permanent success. This encouraged
him to persevere. until now his list OF
full chromos embraces forty subjects,
and he has been able to build the hrst
factory that was ever erected for chro-
mo-lithographic business in any part Of
the world. With seventy men and
forty presses, he is only just able to sup
ply the demand. 1t would now be hard
to find a house or school-room In which
there 10 not somewhere bit Of brillian.
cy executed st this establishment"
Mr.. Parton discusses land very effect
lively demoIishes) the vulgar error that
the production Of chromos will lessen
the demand for excellent original works.
He treats the singular notion In this
felicitious Manner
"The ostentation Of the rich in this
kind of luxury ministers to the pleasure
Of the rest Of mankind; just as the pride
of u class pays for the opera which the
poor can enjoy for next to nothing In
the gallery. The reason why /, In this
city of New York, own fine park Of
ricn men felt the need Of more con-
venient place for displaying their equip
ages on fine afternoons. We may rely
upon it, that the persons who now buy
works will continue so to do
and that these chromos will enhance
rat her than diminish the value Of orig
inals; because the possession Of an
original will confer more distinction
when every one has copies; and it Is
which the foolish part Of Our
race desires. Nor il it slight advan-
tage to an artist to have in his works
two kinds of property instead Of one;
the power to sell them and the power to
sell the privilege Of multiplying copies
of them. Neither art, literature nor
science will have fair play In this world
until one success, strictly tirst-rate, will
confer upon the producer of the work
a competent estate; or, in other words,
until every one who acquires property
in production Of art, literature or sci
ence will pay just compensation TO
the producer. Before many years have
passed, we shall see artists mounted oh
horseback riding in my Central Park,
who would have gone OIL foot but for
the reproduction Of their works by
,lithography. Copyright will
pay for the oats"
After humorous description Of al
in New York, in which
"original oil paintings" were manufac-
tured by the dozen, Mr.. Parton closes
his paper with these excellent remarks
on the true position Of art ~ IN educa.
tional agency
ut is possible to overvalue the educa-
tional influence even OF excellent pic
lures. In strengthening or in forming
the intellect, they are Of no
more use than mothers kisses or the
smiling loveliness of q flower. garden;
and truly, man may sPend MS lie
among pictures and fill books with clio.
quent discourse about them, and yet
remain poor, short-sishted reacti"nist,
filled with insOlent contempt Of his spe.
cies which he does his best to mislead.
But we can say of good pictures that
they are a source of innocent and refined
pleasure; and that Is enough to justify
their existence. think, therefore,
that this new art, which enables me
aud others to buy for five dollars oil that
we can enjoy Of thousand.dollar pic
ture, Is one that deserves the encour.
agement it is receiving; and l cannot
but regard 1t as kind Of national bless
ing that the business Of supplying Us
with these productions has fallen to the
lot of so honest, painstaking and taste
full person as Louis Prang. ."-Ihristidt
Register.
A Guatuitous Pun.
The attention Of our readers, says the