Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1875-02-10
4 Representative and Champion Of .iaerieaa
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Prospectus for Is75-Eighth Year.
TIE ALDINE,
The Art journal of America.
ISSUED MONTHLY.



The necessity Of peculiar medium for the
representation Of the productions Of our great
artists has always Teen recognized, and many
attempts HAYS been ma 70 TO meet the want.
The successive failures which so invaribiy fol-
lowed each attempt in III country to establish
an art journal. did not prove the indifference Of
the people Of America to the claims of high aft-
So soon as proper appreciation Of the want
and an ability to meetit were shown, the public
nj once rallied with enthusiasm to its support,
and the result was great artistic and com
mercim triumph The sil9iRe,
The 1i1He while issued with all the re-
gularty. has none Of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic Of ordinary periodicals.
Il is an elegant miscellany Of pure, light and
graceful literature; and collection Of pic
lures. 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 4laiae viii
he most appreciated after il has been hound up
al the close Of the year. While other pubicl-
tons may claim superior cheapness, us com
pared with rivals Of similar class The AidiRe
is unique and original eoncepiion-alone
and unapproached-ahs without COM
petition in price or character. The possessor
Of a complete volume cannot duplicate the
quantity of fine paper and engravings in any
times its cost and then, there are the chromos
besides
The national feature of Tie Aldiae mnst be
taken in no narrow sense. True art is cosmo-
polian. While The iidiae is strictly
American institution, il does not eoniine itself
entirely 10 the reproduction ofnatiye art. Its
mission is to cultivate board and appreciative
art taste, one that will discriminate only on
grounds Of intrinsic merit Thus while placing
before the patrons Of The AldiHe, as a leading
| characteristic the production Of the most noted
American artists attention will always be
given to specimens from foreign masters, Civ
ing suhscrihcrsall the pleasure and instruction
obtanahlc from home Or foreign sources
The artist illustration of American scenery
original with The 1iiiRe is an important fea-
turc, and its magnificent plates are of size
more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
Of details than can he offered by any inferior
page. The judicious interspersiOn oflandscape,
marine figure. and animal subjects, sustain an
an undated interest, impossible where the
scope Of the work confines the artist too close
~ 10 a single style Of subject The literature
OF The .iiaRe is light and graceful accom-
paniment, worthy Of the artistic features, with
only such technical dispositions as do not in
teriere with the popular interest Of the work.
PREMIUMS FOR 1875.
Every subscriber for 1870 will receive beau
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