The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-11
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.


proached-absolutely without conception
III Piioo or character.
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.
The illustrations of the Aldine have won
WORLDWIDE reputation, and IN the art CEN
tres OF Europe it is an admitted fact that
its wood cuts are examples of the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice in favor OF ''steel plates" is rap
idly yielding TO n more educated and dis
terminating taste which recognizes the ad-
Vantages the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility Of production.
lhe quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
~ Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue Tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will surpass in at
fractions any of its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FORls74.
Every subscriber to the Adinc for the
year 1874 VIII receive pair of chromos
Inc original pictures were painted in oil Tor
| ,.e publishers OF the Aldine, by Thomas
| Moran, whose great Colorado picture was
| purchased by congress for ten thousand
| dollars. The subjects We're chosen TO rem.
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
| were chosen To represent "The East and
| The West" one IL view in the White
| Mountains, New Hampshire the other
| gives the Cliffs OF Green river, Wyoming
| territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
! l2xlO) and appearance exact iac-similes OF
| the originals.
| NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 90, 1873.
| Messrs. James sutton a. Co.:
| GENTLEMEN am delighted with the
/ proofs in color OF your chromos. They are
| wonderfully successful representation by
| hitchanics process Of the original paintings.
very respectfully, THOs. MORAN
| These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by an orinal American pro-
| cess, with material OF American mantifac-
| tuTe, from designs Of American scenery hy
an american painter, and presented to sub
scribers to the first successful American
nrt journal II no better because OF all
rnis, .hsy wlllcertainly possess an interest
| ~ io'elsh production can inspire, and mel.
| lher are they any the worse IL by reason ot
! peculiar facihues OF production they cost
the publishers only tribe, while roi,ai in
every respect 10 other chromos that are sold
sns iUa uo"Di' the subscription price OF
II any subscriber should indicate a nro.
Terence FOR figure subject, the publisher,
win send Thoughts OF Home" u new ana
nen,iiui chrome, liN2O inches, representing
ittle Italian exile whose speaking owe,
betray the IongiDgs OF his heart.
TERMS
- per ahnum, in advance, with Oil Chro.
mos free.
For $50 CENTS EXTRA. thu cbror,oe
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by msil'
The Aldine win, hereafter. be obtaiuable
any 9y subscription. There will no be re.
uucen or cub rate cash for authorizations
thus, no rent To the publishers direct, or
nahuen 70 the local canyasser, without re.
spohsiDilty TO tho publishers, except In
.as's where The certificate IL given, bcar,pp
'"' '"oiiiiile signature OF James sutton a Co.
CANVAssERS WANTED.
any person wishing TO act permanently
prompt Information by appIyingt 10 '' anu
y 'AAEs. SUTTON q Co, Publishers.