The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Ar Department. ls74.

The illustrations Of THE ALDINE have won
Horld-wide reputation, and in the art centres
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
''gteel plates,'' is rapidly yielding to more ed
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
niEes the advantage of superior artistic quality
with greater facility Of production. The wood
cuts OF THE ALDINE possesses all the delicacy
and elaborate finish of the most costly steel
plate, while they AFFORD better rendering Of the
artists original.
TEE ALDINE is doing for the cause of art cul-
ture in 1lsexica 1t is only necessary to consider
the cost to the people of any other decent repre-
sentations of the producIiSze OF great painters.
In addition to designs by members of the Ma
tiona1 Academy, and other noted American art
lists, THE ALDINE will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with a view to
she highest artistic success and greatest general
interest Thus the subscriber to THE ALDINE
She pleasures and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates Cor 1874 will be by
Those Moran and ]. D. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
eiaI designs for appropriate to the season iby our
best artists and will surpass in attractions an y
Of its predecessors
Premiums for 1874,
Every subscriber to THE ALDINE for the
year 1874 viii receive pair Of chromos. The
original pictures we're painted in oil for the pub
fishers Of THE ALDfNE, by Thomas Moran,
whose great Colorado picture was purchased by
were chosen to represent "The East' and 1.-THE
West"' One is a view in The White Mountains
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The differ
ence in the nature Of the scenes themselves is a
pleasing contrast, and affords n good display of
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size i2x16l and appearance exact fac
smiles Of the originals. The presentation OF a
painter to the subscribers OF THE ALDINE
was bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its
successful realisation is atteeted by the follow
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himself.
NHwAnK, n. J., Sept. IS, 1878.
Gentlemen,-I am delighted with the proofs
In color OF your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical process
(slsned,l Tzos MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense American
They are by an original American process, with
material of American manufacture, from designs
of American scenery by an American painter,
and presented to subscribers to the first success
f1l American Art Journal II no better because
OF all this they will certainly possess interest
noforeign production can inspire and neither
are they any worse If by reason Of peculiar facil-
ities Of production they cost the publishers only
Nat srs soId ssng Yer double tie subscription price
Of TIE ILDLNE. Persons of taste VIII prize
these pictures for themselves-not for the price
they did or did not cost and will appreciate the
enterprise that renders their distribution posi-
bls.
If any subscriber indicate a preference for a
dguYe subj ject, the ublishers will send"Thoughts
of Home" q new and beautiful chromo 14x2O
inches, representing little Italian exile whose
speaking eyes betray the longings Of his heart.
TERMS.
$5 per annum in advance, with Oil
Chromos free.
HS- For so Cents extra, the chromos
will be sent, amounted, vanished, and
prepaid by mail.
THE ALDLNE win, hereafter, be obtainable
only by subscription There viii be no reduced
or club raie; cash for subscriptions must be sent
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