The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-17
The Only Trme Portrait Of Waea-
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v JUST PUBLISHED.
T.B. WEIGHS MAGNIFICENT.
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Engraved 10y permission) from Sluar,'s
only original portrait, in the Athe-
neum, Boston. @as
This subefb pictuse, Engraved under
the superintendent Of THOMAS SUI
LIZ, Eso., the eminent aud highly gifted
artist, is tho only correct likeness OF
Washington ever published. II has been
characterised as the greatest work Of ari
ever produced in this couKtry. As 10 its
fidelity, we refer to the letters Of the
adopted son Of Washington, GEORGE
WASHINGTON PARK CUSTIS, who
says, "It Is q faithful representation Of
The celebrated original" !" and 10 CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, who says,
Gas work Of art it's excellence and
beauty must strike every one who sees
il; and il is no less happy in its likeness
10 the Father Of his country. II was my
good fortune 10 baye seen him in the days
Of my boyhood. and his whole appearance
is yet strongly impressed on my memory.
The portrait yuu have Issued appears 10
me to be an eract likeness, representing
perfectly the expression as well as the
form and features Of the face" And
says SENATOR CASS, IL is a l;fe.Eke
representation Of The great original
PRESIDENT FILLMORE says, ",hc
work appears TO me to have been admira.
bly, executed and eminently woihy Of the
patronage Of the public.'' y Says MAR
CHANT the eminent portrait painter,
and the pupil Of Stuart, "your prin, TO my
mind is more remarkable than any other
| have seen, for presenting tho aohole in.
dividual;ty ofthe original portrait, to-
geihcr with,he noble and dignifed repose
Of air and manner, which all who eyeI
saw him considered marked Characters.
tic Of the illusirious man II commence
rates."
For tie great merits Of this picture ,De
,oould refer erery louer Of Washington
to tIe portrait itself, to be seen at the oGc.
ofthis paper, and to the letters Of the fol
towing Artists, Statesmen, Jurists and
Scholars accompanying Il.
ARTISTS. Marchant and Elliott, Of
New York; Neagle, Rolhermel, and
LAmbdin, Of Philadelphia; Chester Hard
ing, OF Boston; Charles Fraser, Of Char--
lesion, s. G., and 10 the adopted son oi
Washington, Hon. Geo. w. P. Gusts,
himself an artist, STATESMEN. His
Excelleucy Millard Fillmote, Major Gen.
Winfield Scott, Hon George M. Dallas,
Hon. William r. King, Hon, Daniel
Webster, HoE. Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. John p Kennedy, Hon. r.
@. Winthrop, IL. d, JURISTS.--Hon.
Roger B. fancy, Hon. John Duer, Hon,
John Mclean, Hon. Rufus Choate.
SCHOLARSHIP Charles Folsom, Esq,
the well known Librarian Of the Boston
Atheneum, who says, 81 would rather
own i, than any painted copy have ever
seem" E, P. Whipple, Richard Hill
dretb, Hon. Edw. Everett, Ill. D., Jared
Sparks, Ii. D., William H. Prescott,
Ii, d. Washington Irving, Ralph W.
Emerson Esq, Prof. TIC. Upham, J.
r. Headley, Fig Green Halleck H. w.
Longfellow, WIN. Gilmore Simms; and
FROM EUROPE, Lord Talford, T. b
fMacawley. Sir Archibald Alison, Lord
Mayor of London, &c. &c. &c. THE
PRESS, throughout the entire Union,
have with one voice proclaimed the mer-
its Of this superb engraving.
To enable all to possess this valuable
treasure, il is sold at the low price Of $5
per copy. @
Published BY
GEORGE w. SHIELDS,
N. w. cor. Of Fifth and Arch 81. Phila.
WILLIAM G. STEEL, Sole Agent
for the States cf Ohio and Indians.
This Portrait can only be obtained
from MR.. STEEL, o. from his duly au-
thorized agents.
Arrangements have been mads with
the Post Office Department, by which
copies Of the Portrait can be sent to any
point, per mail, in perfect order.
or Persons by remitting FIVE Dol
LARS 10 WIN. G. STEEL, Cincinnati,
Ohio, will have copy sentto them free
of Postage.
or Magnificent Gilt Frames, got up
expressly for these Por.rnits, furnished
at the low price Of $500 each.