The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-20
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THE ALDINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic of ordinary peri odicals
II is an elegant miscellany of pure, light and
graceful literature and collection of pictures,
the rarest specimens of artistic skill in black and
white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty of THE ALDINE will be
most appreciated after il has been bound up at
the close of the year. While other publications
with rivals of a similar class, THE ALDINE Is
a unique and original conception-alone and
pproaohed--absofutely without competition
In price or character. The possessor of com
plete Volume cannot duplicate the quantity of
fne paper and engravings in any other shape or
number of volumes for ten times its coat and
then, there are the chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of THE ALDTNE have won
aworld-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
steel plates" is rapidly yielding to more
educated and discriminating taste which reeog-
ntzes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of THE ALDINE possess all the delicacy
and elaborate finish of The most costly steel
plate, while they afford better rendering OF the
artists original
TO fully realize the wonderful work which
THE ALDINE is doing for the cause of art call
tSre in America, It is only necessary to consider
presentations of the productions of great pain
tiers.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, THE ALDINE will reproduce examples
of the best foreign masters, selected with view
to the highest artistic success and gre i'est gem
eral interest Thus the subscriber to The
ALDINE q ILL., at q trifling cost, enjoy in his
own home the pleasures and refining influences
of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
by Thos. Moran and J. ID. woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate TO the season. by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
OF its predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to THE ALDINE for the
year 1874 will receive a pair of chromos The
original pictures were painted In oil for the pub
fishers of THE ALDINE, by Thomas Moran,
whose great Colorado picture was purchased by
Congress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
we chosen to represent The East and 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
pleasing contrast, and affords good display
of the artists scope and coloring. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size az x 10y and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals The presentation of
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of THE ALDINE was
o bold but peculiarly happy idea and It's success
full realization is attested by the foil wing te'ti
moniai, over the signature ofMr. Moran himself
NEWARK, N. j., September goth, 1873.
Messrs James Sutton g. Co.:
Gentlemen-I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pro
cess of the original paintings.
Very res pectfully,
tSiened) THOS. 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 pre sen ed to subscribers to the rst success
| ful Amer lean Art Journal. If no better because
of ali thie, they will certainly possess an terest
no foreign production can inspire, and neither
| are they any the worse il by rea. on OF peculiar
facilities of production they cost the publishers
only trife, while equal in every respect TO other
| chromos that are sold singly for double the sub
| scription price of THE ALDINE. Persons OF
taste will prize these pictures for themselves
not for the price they did or did not cost and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
| distribution possible
| If any subscriber should indicate preference
| TO- a figure subject, the publishers will send
| s'Thoughts of Home" new and beautiful
chrome IA 90 inches, repres little Italian
Of his hparLspeaking eyes betray the longings
| of his heart.
| For FIFTY CENTS EXTRA, the chromos will
| be sent, mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
mail
or club rate cash for subscriptions must be sent
to the publishers direct, or handed % the local
| canyasser without responsibility to the pub
fishers, except in cases where The certificate i:
given, bearing the fac smile signature OF JAMES
SUTTON co
ANY person wishing to act permanently as
local canvasser will receive full and prompt in
LANES SUTTON s. CO.. Publishers,
de4 5S Maiden Lane New York.