Evening journal., 1894-02-17
FAMOUS PAINTINGS OF THE WORLD.
General lew Wallace and John Clark
Ridpath Contributors.

Nenerht Lew WAince and John CiarE
Ridpath Contributors.
We offer 70 our subscribers the most
beautiful art work ever published at
merely nomiusl cost This Is an entirely
new work. every plate being made es-
pecially for Il. Il Is called Famous
Paintings OF the World
II is collection Of photographs re.
productions of great modern master
pieces. It contains specimens OF the
great paintings OF all art-producing Da.
tions. and includes one hundred OF the
most notable paintings A. the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, ,snd'eSempli6es the
most attractive. interesting. pure and
inspiring qualities Of contemporaueons
art
Il contains n superb introduction by
the greatest living novelist and the best
known American writer General Lew.
Wallace. Among the other contributors
are VIII Carlton, author Of Farm Bal
lads aud Farm Legends etc DR. John
Clark Ridpath, the historian; Horace
Bradley, art manager Of Harpers Maga-
zine, and Chevalier Angelo DAl Nero, ,roysl
special commissioner for Italy TO the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Such an
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Famous Paintings Of the World"
should be In every American home IL
contains three hundred aud twenty 900
Of the gems of modern art, reproduced
by the perfected hslf-tone process. hav-
ing the appearance of the most perfect
photographs So large a collection OF
photographs Of paintings could not be
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these Photographic reproductions are Of
fered to tue public at the Insignificant
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when accompanied by the coupon printed
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Every picture is described by the
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on art subjects These descriptions are
not technical or prolix-but bright and
interesting The committee Of selection
has approved every picture that appears
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guarantee that nothing inartistic will
be admitted The commitiee Of selection
consists OF VIII Carlton. Horace Bradley
and Chevalier Angelo Del Nero A
most careful selection Of subjects has
been made. Old NEUROLOGICAL and re.
ligious pictures will have no place In
these portfolios We have selected at
tractive, interesting and pleasing sub
iects, pictures that tell story or arouse
: an emotion-pictures that amuse and
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The msterials for this publication have
been gathered out of the most famous
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= the Old World and the New Eminent
artists are represented, such as: Alms
rsdema. Rosa Bouheur, BouRuereau,
Corot Dore. Dstallle. Dupre. Eastlake,
Gerome. u 'iIAsnn, Huur, knaus, Ridg
way Knight, Lanoseer, Makowski,
Makart, Meyer Won Bremen Mlllet, Nil
lais, de Murillo. Scheiier, BENJAMIN
Constant. Jules Breton, Berstadt, Beard
J. g. Brown, +. s Church, Clifford
\ Whistler, Hart, Toby Rosenthal, etr
: Bat the minor artists and young ~
y nlrsnts for artistic honors whose nam'
are not yet household words, have ro
been overlooked. The Committee Of So
lection have often chosen meritoriouN
and pleasing picture by comparative
unknown artist in preference TO an unHt
tractive subject by painter Of proLi
nence.
This magnificent art work is in itself
home gallery Of famous masterpieces
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IN General Lew. Wallace. All the futur
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49, photographs for the entire series Of w
photographs reproductions OF eies
+, paintings have cost the publishers mvI
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