The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-11-07
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ny of pure light and graceful literature and collec
ton of pictures the rarest specimens OF artistic SKILL
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ART DEPART MENF.
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from many of the most eminent artists of America
of the best foreign masters selected with view to the
highest artistic success and greatest general interest
avoiding such have become familiar, through pho
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the q1arte " tinted plates for 1872 will reproduce
pirate to the four These plates appearing in
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