Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1874-12-09
Prospectus for is75-Fighth year.
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The Art Journal of America,
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The necessity of peculiar medium for the
representation of the productions Of our great
artists has always been recognized, and many
attempts hars been made to meet the want
The successive failures which so invarihlv fol-
lowed each attempt in this country to establish
an art Journal. did not prove the Indifference Of
the people Of America 70 the claims ofhigh art
So saou ds proper appreciation Of the want
and mability tomcetit were shown. the public
at once rallied with enthusiasm 10 its support
aud the result was great artistic and com
mercih triumph The .fidihe
THE iiiHe, white issued With all tle 20
r"AsrttS, hns none of the temporary tiu,ei,
interest characteristic Of ordinary Periodicals
7 II + an elegant miscellany OF pure light and
! graceful literature: and collection Of pic
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black and White. Although each succeeding
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Other shape or number Of volumes for ten
tlmeS lis cost and then, there are the chromos
ttsdes
The national feature Of The .fldjue mnst be
taken IN no narrow sense. True art is cosino-
politan. While Tie Ihiiae is Il strictly
American institution, il docs not coniue itself
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mission is to cultivate q board and apprcciative
art taste. one that will discriminate only on
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ing subscriber. nh the pleasure aud instruction
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The artist Illustration Of American scenery
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Of "details than can le offered by any inferior
page Theiudicious ntcrsperson oflandscape
m1uuc figure, aud animal subjects, sustain an
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panimcnt, worthy Of the artistic features, with |
only such technical disquisitions as do moi in /
tericrc with the popular interest Of the work
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