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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 541, 20 September 1881, Page 4

A MAGNIFICENT GIFT. TO KVEIIY T?EADER OF THIS JOURNAL. A ONE GUINEA PROOF ENGRAVING GIVEh AWAY BY THE Australian Agent of the LONDON ART SOCIETY. The Agent of this Society, DR. WALTER RODWAY, 191, WILLIAM STREET, SYDNEY, Has received instructions from London to present Every Reader taf this Journal with a $ FIRST-CLASS 5 ENGRAVING, 36 INCHES BY 24 INCHES, On Plate Paper, from the world-famed Pictures by LANDSEER, MILLAIS, <md numerous other long recognised and celebrated artists The presentation is made with the view of encouraging artistic taste in New Zealand, and the donors look confidently to the recipients for support in the future. The Societywill be amply compensated for their present costly distribution if within the next twelve months some portion of the public extends its patronage to the Sydney representative of the London office. The following are a few of the Plates to be presented, namely : — ECCE HOMO, THE BLIND BEGGAR, CHRIST LEAVING THE PB2ETORIUM, DEATH THE GATE OF LIFE, MORS JANUA VTTM. WINDSOR CASTLE. NO ENGRAVING Will be forwarded unless the following conditions are strictly complied with ; and the distribution will take place in rotation, as the applications are received : — I. Each Applicant must cut out the following COUPON and enclose it with 2s 9d. (to defray coat of carriage, copyright, rolling, casing etc.) either by Post Office Order on the General Post Office, Sydney, or in stamps. 11. Each address must be distinctly written. 111. Without the COUPON, no Picture will be sent under the Society's usual charge of ONE GUINEA. IV. Applications for the Plates will be attended to in rotatio ias they are r - ceived. V. No application for the Gift can be entertained FIFTY DAYS after the date upon which this announcement appears. VI. Particular attention is dichvn to the fact that no Picture will be forwarded unless the appended COUPON is enclosed to the address of the Distributors, together with the sum of 2s 9d, to defray the unavoidable outlay for copyright, carriage, etc. oouiPOiNr. LONDON ART SOCIETY. AUSTRALIAN OFFICE — 191, WILLIAM ST., SYDNEY. On receipt of this Coupon, together with 2s 9d required for Copyright and Carriage Expenses, I hereby promise to forward, free of cost, one of the above-mentioned Plate Engravings. Without this COUPON no picture will be issued under the ordinary charge, viz., One Guinea. (Signed) DR. WALTER RODWAY. No application can be received FIFTY DAYS AFTER THIS DATE. Any Coupon Holder is entitled to apply for Three, Six, Nine, or Twelve Plates upon sending the requisite expenses, viz., at the rate of 2s 9d PER SINGLE PLATE. It mnst be understood, however, that these presentations of three, six, nine, or twelve Plates are strictly limited in Number to Readers of this Paper, and no timeshould bo. lost in securing one of them. OPINION OF THE LONDON PRESS. " The Magnifient Plates of the Arc Society are a Miracle of Modern Engraving. They will alike adorn the Cottage of an Artisan and the Mansion of a Peer."— London Times, All remittances must be made payable, and all correspondence- addressed to nil WALTER RODWAY, 191, WILLIAM STREET, SYDNEY. (Signed) DR WALTER RODWAY, M.A., 191, WILLIAM STREET, SYDNEY. N. S. W. J