. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and enpravinp:?, representing the Seasons, are from the Farmers Almancu:, showing the ; tlie opposite page, engraved from sketches about Newport, R. I. by A. K The abovederson style of engraviJocelyn, illustrates the improvement in the art. 332 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ENGRAVING. young woman of color, Edmonia Lewis, arestill climliing the heights that lead to fome. The love of pictures, so general among ourpeople of all grades, has been greatly fos-tered and cultivated, of late years, by theuniversal ditfu
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and enpravinp:?, representing the Seasons, are from the Farmers Almancu:, showing the ; tlie opposite page, engraved from sketches about Newport, R. I. by A. K The abovederson style of engraviJocelyn, illustrates the improvement in the art. 332 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ENGRAVING. young woman of color, Edmonia Lewis, arestill climliing the heights that lead to fome. The love of pictures, so general among ourpeople of all grades, has been greatly fos-tered and cultivated, of late years, by theuniversal ditfusion of engravings. Besidesthe best of this class of works, more acces-sible examples, in the form of book illustra-tions, and especially in illustrated newspapers, have been scattered, througha cheap press, broadcast over the land, .andhave penetrated its remotest corners, doingthe labors of the missionary in the greatcause of art. It is true that those heralds—the pictorial papers, at least—are not alwaysthe best possible teachers; yet have theycleared th
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