Middletown transcript., 1875-01-23
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j, The ALDINE,,v !.
The Art journal or America,
ISSUED MONTHLY
"A Magnificent Conception ronderfully carried
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r The necessity of popular medium fqrs the
REPRESENTATION Of the productions OF our great
artists has always been recognized, and manv
attempts have been made to meet the want
The successive failures which so invariably;
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tablish an art journal, did not prove the in
difference of the people of America to the
claims of high art. So soon as proper ap-
probation Of the want and an ability to meet
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graceful literature and a collection OF PIC
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~, original via 7as 1laiae, is an important
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more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
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the scope of the work confines the artist tpoA
closely to single style of subject. The lite,
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