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American Art-Union. Bulletin of the American Art-Union. Series for 1850 & 1851. 2 Volumes. 27 Full page plates.
First
Volume: Bulletin Of The American Art-Union. New York. 1850.
George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers. (First Edition). (2), 192, pages + [15]
pages of plates. Illustrated. 11-3/8 inches, 29cm. Half Calf, marbled Boards.
Includes: Series For 1850 - No. I-IX: April 1, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct,
Nov, Dec, Dec 31. Binding extremities rubbed. Leather with marbled boards.
Front hinge loose from bottom up 2 inches with spine leather loose from bottom
up 1 inch. Occasional light foxing. Overall Very good condition.
Volume 1850:
Plates include in part: “Daniel Boone's
first view of Kentucky” [Painted by W. Ranney, Etched by Alfred Jones]; “The
Knight of Sayn & the Gnomes” [Painted by Leutze, Etched by Burt], “Captain Smith Rescued by Pocahontas”
[Designed & Etched by T. F. Hoppin]; “On The Wing” [Etched by Burt, from a
picture by Ranney]; “Peter Stuyvesant And The Cobbler” [Painted & Etched by
J. W. Ehninger, Printed by Sarony, New York]; “Ball Play of the Dahcota (Sioux) Indians” [Painted by Eastman,
Etched by Burt]; “A Glimpse At The World” [being one of the Illustrations of
Margaret, designed and etched, on stone, by Darley].
1850 Articles include in part:
The Huntington Exhibition, the Virginia Washington Monument, American Art and
Artists, Mr. Darley’s Outlines of Sleepy
Hollow, Professor Leslie’s Lectures on Painting, Street Architecture,
Parisian Hints for Artists, Pictures and Picture Dealing, Ancient American Art,
Picture Sales in London, Opening of the New York Gallery of the Fine Art, The Daguerreotype, Art-Union Critics,
Constitution of the American Art-Union, A List of Members of the American
Art-Union for the Year 1850.
Second
Volume: Bulletin Of The American Art-Union. (1851). 154
pages + [12] pages of plates. vi, 8, (7) pages. Includes: Series For 1851 - No.
I-(IX): April 1, 1851, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. + [Supplementary
Bulletin of the American Art-Union. (Series For 1851) December No. X; & New
York, May 1, 1853 / no. XI] Binding extremities rubbed. Leather with marbled
boards. Occasional light foxing.
Volume 1851:
Plates include in part: “Mexican News”
[R. C. Woodville / Alfred Jones], “Putnam Narrating the Capture of the Wolf”
[Drawn by T. F. Hoppin, Etched by C. Burt], “The Stable” [Designed and Engraved
by A. Wenderoth], “The Game of Chess”
[Etched by C. Burt], “Leather Stocking at the Grave of Chingach-Cook” [Designed
and etched, on stone, by F. O. C. Darley], “Catskill Mountain Scenery” [H. Beckwith].
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