Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Art Depar. .ment, 1874.

The Illustrations of the Aldine have worldwide
reputation. and N The arr centres of Europe il is
an admitted fsu that its wood cuts are exam
piles of the highest perfec, ion attained. The
common preJudfSe in fay or of "steel plates" is
rApr1iy yieidiHgts 8 more educated and dscrimi-
Mating tasterwhrit recogl nzes the advantages OF
erpercr srstc Gpxiry wi II greater facility of pro-
ductiop. TheSyoed-cufs @ the Aldine possess all
the dseccr and zlssorate insh of the most costly
steel plate, vhi.s tiey aor better rendering of
To fully realizeshe wonderful work which the
Aldine IL doing for Il re C use OF art culture in
America, IL Ii oriy zec essary to consider the cost
10 the people of ot her decent representations
of the producfi0ae Of z reat painters.
In addition 70 designs by he members of the Ma
tonal Acsdezyys ard OF her noted American artists
the Aldne viii sepFcas amples of the best for
eign masfers seeo.ed v 18th view TO the highest
artistic and grea test general interest Thus
the subscriber TO the Al dine viii, at trifing cost
enjoy IL his own he1ae the pleasures and refining
inhEeDces of true art.
TSe quarterly .ti,ssed plates for 1874 win be by
Tfoe- Moran sld J. D. Wood ward.
The Christmas issue To Isl 1 viii contain special
designs appropriate 90 IA sea son, by our best ar
fiss, and win surpass In attractions any of It's pre-
decessore-
Premium for 1874.
Every subscriber to the Ald'ne for the year 1871
will receive pair of chro mos The original pic
tures were painted In oil for be publishers of thu
picture wss purchased by Co agress for ten thou
eand dollars. The SUBJECTS " ere chosen to repre-
sent THE East and 1.-THE West One il a view
in The White Noup<ains, NeYy Hampshire; the 9th
or gives The Gifts of Green River, Wyoming Ter
nfory- The difference In The nature of the scenes
themselves ia pleasing con rtrast, and affords
good display of the artists scope and coloring
The chromoe are each worked from thirty dstinc
plates, and are m size(l2 16) and appearance ex
act fac-sniies Of the originals. The presentation
Of q worthy example of Amt Tica's greatest land
scape painter to the subsc be rs of the Aldine wa
realization Is atsesed by the Glowing testimonial
over hesigratuxe Of Mr.. Moran himself.
NEWARK, ~. j., Sept. 10th, 1873.
Nessrs. JAMES sUrros & Co.
Gentlemen,-I am delighted with the proofs o
your chromos They are wonderfully successful
representations By mechanical process of the orig
inal paintings.
Very resp ectfuIly.
fsiened,, THos. MORAN.
These chromos are IN every sense American
They are by IN original American process, Wit
material of American Manufacture, from designs o
American scenery BY an American painter, ant
presented 70 subscribers to the first successful
American Art Journal Ii no better because OF al
this they win certainly possess an interest no for
eiRn production can inspire, and neither are the.
any the worse II by reason of peculiar facilities
production they cost the publishers only tribe
while equal IN every respect to other car4mos ina
of TIE A[DINE. Persons of taste win priz
these pictures for themselves-not for the pric
they did or did not cost and viii appreciate the en-
terprise that renders their distribution possible
II any Subscriber should indicate preference
for ngure subject, the publishers win SEN
Thoughts of Home" new and beautiful chromc
Il 90 inches, representing little Italian exil
whose speaking eyes betray the long1ngs OF hi
heart.