The American Art-Union: Plan of the Institution, List of its Officers, and Catalogue of Paintings, and other Works of Art ... No. 5

by American Art-Union

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16pp. Stitched. Item #365797 Published semi-monthly, the catalogue includes a number of important American or Hudson River school artists, including Thomas Doughty, Asher B. Durand, George Innes, George Bingham, Thomas Cole, Jasper Francis Copsey and others. Founded in 1839, the American Art-Union was a subscription-based organization whose goal was to enlighten and educate an American public to a national art, while providing a support system

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