Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-10

either live their home life with walls unre-
lieved by any attempt at adornment or dis
figured with home made and city made OBJ
Iiert>. created in imitation of nothing that
yer was. Impossible heads, and undesir-
able ones; landscapes that are not libelous
1 hecause unintelligibe; battles and gener-
ais that have strangely enough not stran-
gled patriotism in its New England strong
bold; and divines whose stony and contin-
nous stare upon all that happens in the
sitting room is an awful warning TO the
young-these have been and too generally
vet are the too patent results of msdi-
reoted or undirected striving after the
81 beautiful and the good" Doubtless
there might have been worse lot Of en-
cravings and other pictures than those
that marred the homes of America, but,
also, doubtless there never was.
Now and then some engravings of power
found their way into the country. There
were in the old Pavilion 4 couple Of these,
one Of which, rather perhaps from its too
great "lberality" than from its other
excelences, has been reproduced by pho
tography. Gradually those who have had
money and taste have used them more and
more so that good steel engrayings are
becoming less rare. The chrome fever
has on the whole too left the patient public
better than II found Unpleasant colors are
found in place Of the yellow fever and wax
DOH "reminiscences Inst formerly held I'M
disputed sway in many houses.
But it would be a long while before steel
engraving reproductions Of the best works
If art rould be scattered broad cast over
the country. Hard times forbid ten or
fifteen dollars for picture but tenth Of
hose beauty and strength is seen At first
nj which educates while it delights, is a
price that pnts mp bar that only small
number Of thoe who appreciate such things
will take down.
We see that Rev. JOSEPH Cook in his
ost Mondays lecture in fremont Temple
alkel Of The light in faces-of the teach
ny which comes from the spiritual and
conscience ruled look, and how tina, the
carly Christians claimed that the light Of
the Holy Spirit was shown in the face;
q As he prayed the fashion of bis ftce was
altered There is this true certainly thu
a pure picture Is next 10 pure home the
teacher that can first reach the mind of a
child, and that in a home most continually
j. present to young and old saying, with
whatever beauty and strength it has, the
story that i, within it,
So il is that we are glad 10 see the drtel-
opnpnt By firm which will keep within
the lines Of true art, Of process which
places Ivithin the reach of all, the best
work Of the best painters; which gives as
true ana artistic representation Of a Ma
donna of Raphael or Murillo rs is found in
Il fine steel engraving and at a tenth Of the
cost Of the latter. This is done by Tie
heloiype process Of Jas. f. Osgood 4 CO.
Of Boston whose work in that line Mr..
Ernest Edwards has brought 10 q wonder
FIJI degree Of perfe elton. 1t brings the
truth Of photography where it can BE-
transferred to paper by q printing press.
The method is in brief to subject prepared
gelatne 10 the action Of light through "A
negative taken from an engraving sought
Il be reproduced. Where light strikes the
Gclatine it is made imlervious 10 water,
but other parts become moist on being
dampened. The ink used in printing when
applied to the gelatine plate adheres fully
10 such portions only as are dry. and to
such portions as are moist TO a greater or
less degree according 10. the less or greater
amount Of water those portions have alb
sorbel-this amount being determined BY
the portion Of light that WAS admitted
through the negative in preparing the
plate.
These heliotype engravings are thus
really printed tac-similes of the original
engraving and from the nature of the ink
u,eI are equally durable; and, when pro-
tected from the cane of the too eager ad-
mirer in every way a, desirable Tor the
walls of room. The list of cnrravinps
already issued by OsEool Il Co. contains
hundreds Of subjects by the best artists and
any one in town cannot spend an hour
more pleasantly or proft.bly than in going
10 I. c. Phinney's book store and looking
over bis collection. He will be clad to
show them for those who 90 to look are
pretty sure 10 buy when they can get for
dollar that which before the invention Of
Ibis process would have cost ten.