The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-02-20
ARepreSenta;iTe and Champion of American
Art Taste
Prospectus for 1S75-Eighth Year =!
The AIdine,
THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA.
Issued Monthly.
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THE necessity of popular medium for the epresen-
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invariably followed each attempt in this country to
establish art Journal did not prove the indifference
of the people of America to the claims OF high art SO
soon as proper appreciation of the and ability
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