The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-16
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THE ALnINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or timely
| interest characteristic of binary peri odicals
1t Ia an elegant miscellany OF pure, light and
graceful lit, nature 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
may claim superior cheapuess, as compared
with rivals of a similar class, THE ALDINE Is
a unique and original conception-alone and
napproached--absolutely without competition
| in price or character. The possessor of a com
| plete volume cannot dup icate the quantity of
| fine paper and engravings in any other shape or
number of volumes for ten times its cost; and
| then, there are the chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.
| The illustrations of THE ALDINE have won
| aworld-wde reputation, and in the art centres
| of Europe 1t Is an admitted fact that its wood
| cuts examples of the highes st perfection
| attained. The common prejudice in favor of
| steel plates" is rapidly yielding TO more
| educated and terminating taste which recog-
niZes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of THE ALIINE possess all the delcacy
and elaborate finish of The most costly stee
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 Gull
the cost to the people of any other decent re-
presentations of the productions OF great pain
ters
| 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 greties gem
eral interest Thus The subscriber to The
| ALDINE ill, at trifling cost, enjoy in his
own home the pleasures and refining influences
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
by Thos Moran and ]. u. Woodward.
| The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season, by cur
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 pair OF chromos. The
original pictures were painted in oil for the pub
fishers Of THE ALD1NE, by Thomas Moran,
| whose great Colorado picture was purchased by
| Congress for ten thousand dollars The subjects
| We e chosen to represent 1.-THE East" and "The
| West" One is Il 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 a good display
of the artists scope and coloring. The chromos
| are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
| are in size ok ICY and appearance exact fac
| SMILES of the originals. The presentation of a
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
| painter TO the subscribers of THE ALDINE was
| bold but peculiarly happy idea, and it's success
full realization is attested by the foil wing te III
monial. over the signature of Mr.. 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. Thew are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pro.
cess of the 'iginal paintings.
yeryre, pectfully,
tSigned) 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 oy an American pain er
and ptesen led TO subscribers to the hrst success
| ful Anne lean Art Journal If no better because
| no foreign production can inspire, and nett lel
are they any the worse if by rea on of peculiar
facilities of production they cost the publisher:
only trihe while equal Ia every respect TO other
cnrvmos that are sold singly for double the sub
scriptioD price of THE ALD1NE. Persons o
| taste will prize these pictu es for themselves
| not for the price they did or did not cost ant
will appreciate the enterprise that renders thei
distribution possible
If any subscriber should indicate preference
70 a figure subject, the publishers wall senc
s'Thoughts of Home" q and beauttu
chromo IA 20 inches representing little Italian
of his hrartspsaking eyes betray the longinss
of his heart.
SIS per annum in advance, with Oil Chromos free
For FIFTY CENTS EXTRA, the ohromos will
be sent mounted, vanished, aud prepaid b,
| mail.
only by subscription. There will be no reduced
or club rate; cash tor subsci ions must be sen
to the publishers direct, or handed o the loca
canvasser. without responsibility 10 the pub
| lshers except n cases where he certificate i
given, bearing the fac simlle signature of JAMES
f SUTTON 81 co
> Any person wishing to acl permanently as
local canyasser will receive full and prompt in
| formation by applying TO
JAMES SUTTON CO.. Publishers,
de4 6s Maiden Lane. New York.