The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851Various
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The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
The London _Art Journal_ for October praises Mr. BURT's engraving of Anne
Page, issued this year by the _American Art-Union_, and thus refers to the
principal engravings announced for 1852:
The prospectus of this society for the present year
announces a large engraving by Jones, from Woodville's
picture of "American News;" a small etching of this
work accompanies the "Bulletin," to which reference has
just been made. The composition is clever, but we must
warn our friends on the other side of the Atlantic,
that it is not by the circulation of such works as
this, a feeling for true Art will be generated among
their countrymen. The subject is common-place, without
a shadow of refinement to elevate its character; it is,
we dare say, national, and may, therefore, be popular;
but they to whom is intrusted the direction of a vast
machine like the American Art-Union, should take
especial care that all its operations should tend to
refine the taste and advance the intelligence of the
community. Our own Mulready, Wilkie, and Webster, have,
we know, immortalized their names by a somewhat
analogous class of works, in which, nevertheless, we
see humor without vulgarity, and truth without
affectation.
* * * * *
The Philadelphia Art-Union issues this year two very beautiful engravings
from the well-known masterpieces of Huntington, _Mercy's Dream_ and
_Christiana and her Children_, from the celebrated collection of the late
Edward C. Carey,--an appreciating patron by whose well-directed liberality
the arts, especially painting and engraving, had more advantage than has
been conferred by any other individual in this country. _Mercy's Dream_ has
been engraved by A. H. Ritchie of this city, and _Christiana and her
Children_ by Andrews & Wagstaff of Boston, each on surfaces of sixteen by
twenty-two inches; and we know of no more perfect examples of combined
mezzotint, stipple, and line engraving. The management may well be praised
for such an exercise of judgment as secures to the subscribers of the
Art-Union two such beautiful works.
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