Evening journal., 1894-02-15
FAMOUS PAINTINGS OF YHE WORLD.

General lew Wallace and John Clark
Ridpath Contributors Ready on Mon
day.
We offer 10 our subscribers the most
beautiful art work ever published at a
merely nominal cost. This is an entirely
new work. every plate being made es-
pecially for IT, It Is called Famous
Paintings of the World
IL is collection of Photographic re.
| predictions Of great modern master
/ pieces II contains specimens OF the
great paintings OF all art producing na
tlous. and includes one hundred OF the
most notable paintings al the Worlds /
Colum blAn Exposition, and ca emplihss the /
most attractive. interesting, pure and |
inspiring qualities OF eontemporaneous |
art
lt contains a 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 Ball
lads and Farm Legends" etc DR. John
Clark Ridpath, the historian; Horace
Bradley, art manager Of Harpers Maya
zine. and Chevalier Angelo Del Nero. royal
special commissioner for Italy to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Such An
array Of distinguished writer's has never
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Famous Paintings Of the World
should be In every American home. 10
, contains three hundred aud twenty (520)
OF the gems Of modern art, reproduced
, by the perfected half-tone process bav-
) 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 ths public at the insignihoant
!, price OF ten cents for each portfolio
4 when accompanied by the coupon printed
a below
e Every picture Is described by the
, brightest and best of Americas writers
: on art subjects These descriptions are
r not technical or prolix-but bright and
), interesting The committee OF selection
! has approved every picture that appears
IN these portfolios. This is sufficient
guarantee that nothing inRrtistic will
be sdmitted The commtiee 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 a story or arouse
an emotion-pictures that amuse and
recreate-tbRt instruct and inspire.
The materials for this publication have
been gathered out OF the most famous
galleries aud huest private collections In
Y, the Old World and the New. Eminent
.. artistB are represented, such as. Almi
~ Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, Bouguereaux
IS Corot, Dore, Detaille, Dupre, Eastlake
- Gerome, Hoffman,, Hunt, knaus, Ridg
" way Knight, Landseer, Makowski
Mskart. Meyer V. Bremen, Mlllet, MIL
90 lais, de Murillo. Scheifer, Benjamin
SO Constant, Jules Breton, Bierstadt, Beard
IA J. g. Brown, f. S Church. Clifford
80 Whistler, Hart, Toby Rosenthal, etc
y But the minor artists and young as
10 plrants for artistic honoIs whose name
are not vet household words, Lave no
been overlooked. The Committee of Sc
n s lection have often chosen a meritoriou
III and pleasing picture by comparativel
al unknown artist in preference TO an una
RS practive subject by painter Of prom
7 nence.
i, This magnificent art work is In itself
ed home gallery Of famous masterpiece
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ia, and also the magnificent introd ductlon
III General Lew Wallace All the futu
VS.: portfolios will contain sixteen reprodu
II lions Of asierpieces Of modern art.
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HE duction by General Lew. Wallsee, With
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we photographs for the entire series Of y
rh Photographic reproductions Of gte
paintings have cost the publishers mo
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