Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10
RI DEPARTMENT. 1874.

ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.
The illustrations of THE ALDLNE have won
worldwide reputation in the art centres Of Europe
it is an admitted fact that its WOOD cuts examples
Of the highest perfection attained The common
prejudice in aver of steel plates" is rapidly yielding
to educated and discriminating taste which
recognizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with geater facility production The woodcuts Of
THE ALDINE losses all the delicacy and elaborate
finish of most costly steel plate. while they afford
n better rendering of the artists original
To fully realize the wonderful work which THE
4LDLNE is doing for the cause of art culture in
America, it is only necessary to consider the
the people of any other decent representations of the
productions Of great painters
In addition IT, designs by the members of the Nation
al Academy and other noted American artists. THE
ALDLNE will reprHllce exam les of the hest foreign
masters. selected with view to the highest artistic
ar ss t neasSs trinity hss eo see SOB
in his own home the pleasures and refining influences
of true art
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be by Thos
Maran and J. t. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain special
designs appropriate to the season by our hest artists
and will surpass attractions any of its predecessors
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to THE ALDLNE for the year 1874
viii receive par of chromos The original pictures
were painted oil for the publishers of THE Al
DINE 10y Thomas Moran whose great Colorado picture
WAS purchased by Congress for ten thousand dollars
The subjects were chosen to rerre The East and
| "fhe West" One is view in The White Mountains
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs of Green
ture of the themselves is pleasing contrast
and affords good display of the artists scope and
| coloring The chromos each worked from thirty
distinct plates and in size az 6 and appearance
exact fac-smilies of the originals The presentation
of worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
| painter to the subscribers OF THE ALDLNE was a
bold but peculiarly happy idea and It's successful reai
cation is attested by the following testimonial the
! signature of Mr. Moran himself
NEWARK. Nj. Sept. Goth. 1878
| Messrs. JAMES SUTTON Co.
Gentiemen-I am delighted with the proofs In color
| of your chromos. They wonderfully successful
representations by mechanical rncess IF the original
| paintings Very respectfully.
(signei,) THOMAS MORAN.
These chromos are in every American They
are by origin American process. with material OF
| American manufacture from designs of American
scenery by an American painter and presented to sub
scrhers to the first successful American Art Journal
If no better because f all tbist they will anly pos
sess interest no foreign production INSPIRE and
neither thew the If by reason of peculiar
facilities of production they cast the publishers only
trfe auhie equal IN respect TO other chroDos thai
sold singlg for double the subscription price o.
| THE ALDLNE Persons of taste will prize these pic
tues for themselvesnot for the lrce they did dt
cost and apprecate the enterprise that render,
their distribution possible
| If any subscriber should indlca preference for
figure subject the publishers will send Thoughts o
| Home" new and beautiful chrome, II 20 inches
representing little Italian lie whuse speaking eye
betray the longin2s of his heart
TERMS.