The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-07

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THE ALDINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has pone of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic of o. binary peri odicals
It Is an elegant miscellany Of pure, light and
tue rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black and
white. Although each succeeding number
aa ,Ta a. a fresh pleasure to LIS fr b1%s the the, real a.
most appreciated after IL has been bound up at
the close of the year. While other publications
with rivals Of a similar class, TIE ALDISE i.
q unique and original conception-alone and
unapproached-absolutely without competition
in price or character. The possessor of q com
plete volume cannot duplicate the quantity Of
fine paper and engravings id any other shape or
| number of volumes for ten times its cost; ana
then, there are the chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.
The illustrations of THE ALDINE have won
aworld-wide reputation and in the art centres
of Europe IL is an admitted fact that it's wood
cuts are examples of the highest perfection ever
attained. The common prejudice in favor of
steel plates" is rapidly yielding TO. a more
educated and discriminating taste which recog-
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with grefter facility of production. The wood
cuts of THE ALDINE possess all the delicacy
and elaborate finish of the most costly stee |
plate, while they afford a better rendering of the
artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
THE ALDINE is doing for the cause of art Gull
ture i'll America, it is only necessary to consider
the cost to the people of any other decent re-
presentations of the productions of great pain
tiers.
In addition TO designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, H ALDINE will reproduce examples
of the best foreign masters, selected with a view
to the highest artistic success and greatest gem
eral interest. Thus the subscriber to TIE
ALDINE Gill, at a trifing 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. u. Woodward.
NE. fNh.tatnnaS faenn for CTl will nnntpfn
special designs appropriate to the season, by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
of It's 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 e 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 Il
pleasing contrast, and affords a good display
of tina 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 a
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of THE ALDINE was
q bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its success
full realization is attested by the following te til
monial. over the signature ofMr. Moran himself.
" Jg DtpttUlDtI ZULU, 1910.
Messrs James Sutton e. Co.:
Gentlemen-I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. Thev are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pro-
cess of the original paintings.
Very re. pectfully.
(Signed) 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 presented TO subscribers to the first success
/ fnl American Art Journal. If no better because
of all this, 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 a trife, while equal in every respect to other
chromos that are sold singly for double the sub
s~cription price of THE ALDINE. Persons of
taste will prize these pictn'es ior themselves-
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible
If any subscriber should Indicate a reference
TO- a figure subject, the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home,'' a new and beautiful
chrome, IA K 20 inches, representing a little Italian
of his heart.speaking eyes betray the ~longings
of his heart.
Is per annum. in advance, with Oil Chromos free.
For FIFTY CENTS EXTRA, the ohromos will
be sent, mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
THE ALDINE will, hereafter, be obtainable
only by subscription. There will be no reduced
or club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent
to the publishers direct, or handed 10 the local
canvasser. without responsibility to the pub
fishers, except in cases where the certificate is
given, bearing the fac smile signature of JAMES
OANvAssERs WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanently as a
local canvasser will receive full and prompt in.
JAMES Sutton s. co. Publishers,
de4 6S Maiden Lane. New York