Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, vols. 4-5
12 monthly issues bound together, 389 pp., indexes at the back, published Philadelphia.
Illustrations:
Vol. 4:
Frontispiece: The Annunciation to the Shepherds, John Sartain after John Martin.
2nd frontispiece: The Mother and Child, John Sartain after William Page.
Title page: Liberty Introducing the Arts to America, John Sartain after Henry Corbould.
foll. p. 80: The First Appeal, Alexander Hay Ritchie after Frank Stone.
foll. p. 80: Preaching of John the Baptist, John Sartain after Henry Warren.
foll. p. 80: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), after Count Alfred D'Orsay.
foll. p. 160: The Moment of Suspense, John Sartain after Richard Westall.
foll. p. 160: Udine, John Sartain after Charles Louis Müller.
foll. p. 160: Spring Fashion for 1849, engraved by W. S. Barnard, New York.
foll. p. 160: The Pool of Siloam, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 160: Old Wrecks, Alias Ricketts (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 160: A Ball by Moonlight, in Utopia (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, after F.O.C. Darley.
p. 173: Poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "A Valentine, To___."
foll. p. 224: Return from the Warren, Rice & Buttre after Edwin Landseer.
foll. p. 224: Esmerelda, John Sartain after Carl von Steuben.
foll. p. 224: The setting up of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 288: Ruth and Boaz, John Sartain after Peter Frederick Rothermel.
foll. p. 288: The Doves, Rice & Buttre, after Count Alfred D'Orsay.
foll. p. 288: Nazareth, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 288: Dan Tucker in Love (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 288: "Every Horseman now whipped and spurred his mount" (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 352: The Roman Scrivener, John Sartain after Samuel B. Waugh.
foll. p. 352: The Prophesy of the Flower, H. E. Tripler and John Bannister after John Phillip.
foll. p. 352: Ramah, or Arimathea, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 352: "Thus they continued..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 416: The Nightmare, Samuel Sartain after John Fuseli.
foll. p. 416: The Cantatrice, Rice & Buttre after A. Valentine.
foll. p. 416: The River Jordan, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 416: "One night, as Heatty ushered her into her bedroom..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Childs & Jocelyn after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 416: "Even its playfulness..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
Vol. 5:
foll. p. 64: The Independent Voter, Rice & Buttre after C. Hancock.
foll. p. 64: The Serenade, color wood engraving by Devereaux (discussed by Sartain in Editorial, p. 123: "Block Printing in Colors").
foll. p. 64: Portrait of Theobald Matthew (1790-1856), engraved by John Sartain, transferred to stone by Duval.
foll. p. 64: Cedars of Lebanon, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 64: Wild Bill, Walter and Utopia (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 128: Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem, John Sartain after Charles Lock Eastlake.
foll. p. 128: Won't You Come Along, John Bannister after Andre.
foll. p. 128: Walter Tucker, Frank Hooper and Uncle Job at the Swamp Inn (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 128: Wilderness of Sin, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 192: The Snake in the Grass, John Sartain after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
foll. p. 192: Jacob & Rachael, H. E. Tripler after Frédéric Henry Schopin.
foll. p. 192: Uncle Job Carrying Off Dr. Ribs (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 192: Defiles of Edom, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 192: Early Sorrow, wood engraving, W.B.G. after Frederick William Hulme.
foll. p. 256: The Fountain of Vaucluse, John Sartain after Aimée Brune Pages.
foll. p. 256 [Woman seated in a landscape with two hounds], Rice & Buttre after Alfred de Dreux.
foll. p. 256: Good Management, wood engraving, Leslie & Travers.
foll. p. 256: The White Doe of Rylstone (poem by Wordsworth), wood engraving by William B. Gihon sc.
foll. p. 256: The Sluggard's Home (poem by Dr. Watts), wood engraving (no artist).
p. 304: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells" (first appearance of the poem in its final form), discussed in Editorial, p. 386.
foll. p. 320: The Brothers, John Sartain after William (?) Salter.
foll. p. 320: The Rustic Wreath, Rice & Buttre after William Frederick Witherington.
foll. p. 320: Luther Amongst his family at Wittenberg on Christmas, 1550, John Bannister after Carl August Schwerdgeburth.
foll. p. 320: Walter Tucker and Zip Coon Attacked by Pirates (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 320: The Castle of Indolence (poem by James Thomson), wood engraving, engraved by W. B. Gihon.
Illustrations:
Vol. 4:
Frontispiece: The Annunciation to the Shepherds, John Sartain after John Martin.
2nd frontispiece: The Mother and Child, John Sartain after William Page.
Title page: Liberty Introducing the Arts to America, John Sartain after Henry Corbould.
foll. p. 80: The First Appeal, Alexander Hay Ritchie after Frank Stone.
foll. p. 80: Preaching of John the Baptist, John Sartain after Henry Warren.
foll. p. 80: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), after Count Alfred D'Orsay.
foll. p. 160: The Moment of Suspense, John Sartain after Richard Westall.
foll. p. 160: Udine, John Sartain after Charles Louis Müller.
foll. p. 160: Spring Fashion for 1849, engraved by W. S. Barnard, New York.
foll. p. 160: The Pool of Siloam, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 160: Old Wrecks, Alias Ricketts (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 160: A Ball by Moonlight, in Utopia (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, after F.O.C. Darley.
p. 173: Poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "A Valentine, To___."
foll. p. 224: Return from the Warren, Rice & Buttre after Edwin Landseer.
foll. p. 224: Esmerelda, John Sartain after Carl von Steuben.
foll. p. 224: The setting up of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 288: Ruth and Boaz, John Sartain after Peter Frederick Rothermel.
foll. p. 288: The Doves, Rice & Buttre, after Count Alfred D'Orsay.
foll. p. 288: Nazareth, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 288: Dan Tucker in Love (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 288: "Every Horseman now whipped and spurred his mount" (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 352: The Roman Scrivener, John Sartain after Samuel B. Waugh.
foll. p. 352: The Prophesy of the Flower, H. E. Tripler and John Bannister after John Phillip.
foll. p. 352: Ramah, or Arimathea, wood engraving (no artist).
foll. p. 352: "Thus they continued..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 416: The Nightmare, Samuel Sartain after John Fuseli.
foll. p. 416: The Cantatrice, Rice & Buttre after A. Valentine.
foll. p. 416: The River Jordan, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 416: "One night, as Heatty ushered her into her bedroom..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Childs & Jocelyn after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 416: "Even its playfulness..." (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
Vol. 5:
foll. p. 64: The Independent Voter, Rice & Buttre after C. Hancock.
foll. p. 64: The Serenade, color wood engraving by Devereaux (discussed by Sartain in Editorial, p. 123: "Block Printing in Colors").
foll. p. 64: Portrait of Theobald Matthew (1790-1856), engraved by John Sartain, transferred to stone by Duval.
foll. p. 64: Cedars of Lebanon, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 64: Wild Bill, Walter and Utopia (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 128: Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem, John Sartain after Charles Lock Eastlake.
foll. p. 128: Won't You Come Along, John Bannister after Andre.
foll. p. 128: Walter Tucker, Frank Hooper and Uncle Job at the Swamp Inn (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 128: Wilderness of Sin, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 192: The Snake in the Grass, John Sartain after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
foll. p. 192: Jacob & Rachael, H. E. Tripler after Frédéric Henry Schopin.
foll. p. 192: Uncle Job Carrying Off Dr. Ribs (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 192: Defiles of Edom, wood engraving by Devereaux.
foll. p. 192: Early Sorrow, wood engraving, W.B.G. after Frederick William Hulme.
foll. p. 256: The Fountain of Vaucluse, John Sartain after Aimée Brune Pages.
foll. p. 256 [Woman seated in a landscape with two hounds], Rice & Buttre after Alfred de Dreux.
foll. p. 256: Good Management, wood engraving, Leslie & Travers.
foll. p. 256: The White Doe of Rylstone (poem by Wordsworth), wood engraving by William B. Gihon sc.
foll. p. 256: The Sluggard's Home (poem by Dr. Watts), wood engraving (no artist).
p. 304: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells" (first appearance of the poem in its final form), discussed in Editorial, p. 386.
foll. p. 320: The Brothers, John Sartain after William (?) Salter.
foll. p. 320: The Rustic Wreath, Rice & Buttre after William Frederick Witherington.
foll. p. 320: Luther Amongst his family at Wittenberg on Christmas, 1550, John Bannister after Carl August Schwerdgeburth.
foll. p. 320: Walter Tucker and Zip Coon Attacked by Pirates (from Adventures of Old Dan Tucker and his son Walter, a Tale of North Carolina, by C. H. Wiley), wood engraving, Leslie & Travers after F.O.C. Darley.
foll. p. 320: The Castle of Indolence (poem by James Thomson), wood engraving, engraved by W. B. Gihon.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, vols. 4-5
- Artist and publisher: John Sartain (American (born London, England) 1808–1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Engraver: John Bannister (American, active 1845–52)
- Engraver: W. S. Barnard (American, active 1845–50)
- Engraver: Benjamin Childs and Albert H. Jocelyn (American, mid-19th century)
- Engraver: George T. and N. B. Devereux (American, 19th century)
- Engraver: William B. Gihon (American, active 1845–80)
- Engraver: Leslie and Travers (American, mid-19th century)
- Engraver: Rice and Buttre (American, 19th century)
- Engraver: Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1822–1895 New Haven, Connecticut)
- Engraver: Samuel Sartain (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1830–1906 New York)
- Engraver: H. E. Tripler (American, active 1849–52)
- Artist: After Henry Corbould (British, London 1787–1844 Robertsbridge, East Sussex)
- Artist: after Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1822–1888 Claymont, Delaware)
- Artist: After Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay (French, 1801–1852)
- Artist: After Alfred de Dreux (French, Paris 1810–1860 Paris)
- Artist: After Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (British, Plymouth 1793–1865 Pisa)
- Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
- Artist: After (?) Charles Hancock (British, Marlborough, Wiltshire 1802–1877)
- Artist: After Frederick William Hulme (British, Swinton, Yorkshire 1816–1884 London)
- Artist: After John Martin (British, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland 1789–1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)
- Artist: After Charles-Louis Müller (French, 1815–1892)
- Artist: after Carl von Steuben (German, Bauerbach, Thüringen 1788–1856 Paris)
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Artist: After William Page (American, Albany, New York 1811–1885 Staten Island, New York)
- Artist: After Aimée Brune Pages (French, Paris 1803–1866 Paris)
- Artist: After John Phillip (British, Aberdeen, Scotland 1817–1867 London)
- Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
- Artist: After Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, Nescopeck, Pennsylvania 1817–1895 Linfield, Pennsylvania)
- Artist: After (?) William Salter (British, Devon 1804–1875 London)
- Artist: After Frédéric Schopin (French, Fontainebleau 1804–1880 Rouen)
- Artist: After Carl August Schwerdgeburth (German, Dresden 1784–1878 Weimar)
- Artist: After Carl von Steuben (German, Bauerbach, Thüringen 1788–1856 Paris)
- Artist: After Frank Stone (British, Manchester 1800–1859 London)
- Artist: After Henry Warren (British, London 1794–1879 London)
- Artist: After Samuel Bell Waugh (American, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania 1814–1885 Janesville, Wisconsin)
- Artist: After Richard Westall (British, Reepham, Norfolk 1765–1836 London)
- Artist: After William Frederick Witherington (British, London 1785–1865 London)
- Author: Related author Edgar Allan Poe (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland)
- Published in: Philadelphia
- Date: January–December 1849
- Medium: Illustrations: steel engravings, mezzotints, wood engravings, lithographs
- Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 6 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (24.8 × 15.7 × 6 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Adminstrative Purchase Fund, 1973
- Object Number: 1973.535.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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