The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-11-12
The only Trna Portrait ofWastA'
imgtOn.
LUST PUBLISHED.

JUST PUBLISHED,
r. B.. WEIGHS MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON
Engraved (by permission) from Siuar,'s
only original portrait, ih the Athe-r
neum, Boston.
This suberb picture, Engraved under
The superinlendeDce Of TIlOMASSUL-
| ILY, ESQ, the eminent and highly gifted
artist, is tho only correct likeness Of
Washington ever published. Il has been
characterised as the greatest work ofari
ever produced ia this couhtry. AS 10 IFS
fidelity, we refer TO ibe letters Of the
adopted son Of Washington. GEORGE
| WASHINGTON PARK CUSTlS, who
says, 81, is a faithful representation Of
the celebrated original" and TO CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, who says,
s'As a work Of art its excellehce and
beauty must strike everv 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 have seen him in the days
Of my boyhood, and bic whole appearances
| is yet strongly impressed on my memory.
The portrait you have issued appears 10
me TO be an eract likeness, representing
perfectly the expression as we'll as the
form and features Of the face" And
says SENATOR CASS, ii is a lie like
representation of The greas original.
PRESIDENT fillmore says, ",he
work appears 10 me 10 have been admira.
'lbly executed ind emiaently woihy Of the
patronage Of the public" Says MAR
T CHANT the eminent portrait painter.
and the pupil Of Stuart, "your prin, 10 my
mind is more remarkable Than any other
have seen, for presenting the chole in.'
dividual;iy of the original portrait, to-
gelhcr withibe noble and dqniGed repose
Of air aud manner, which all who ever
saw him considered marked characteris-
tic Of the illuslrious man i commemo-
rates"
i For the great merits Of this picture ,oe
Sould refer every louer Of Washington
to tse portrait itself to be seen at the office
ofMis paper, and to the letters Of the fol
fowing Artists, Statesmen, Jurists and
Scholars accompanying it.
ARTlSTS.-Marchan, and Elliott, oI
New York; Neap!e, RolhermeI, and
L.mbdin, Of Philadelphia; Chester Hard
ing, OF Boston; Chsrles Fraser, Of Car
, lesion, s. g.. and to The adopted son oI
Washington, Hon. Geo, W. P. Gusts,
himself an artist, STATESMEN.-His
ExcellenSy Millard Fillmore, Major Gen,
; Winfield Scott, Hon George M. D'llas,
Hon. William r. King, Hon. Daniel
Webster, Her. Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. John P. Kennedy. Hon. r.
C. Winthrop, LII. D. JURTSTS.---Hon
Roger B. Taney, Hon. John Duer. Hon
John Mclean, Hon. Rufus Chqate.
tSCHOLARS,--C Charles Folsom, Esq.
the well known Librarian Of the Boston
, Atheneum, who says, 81 would rather
own il than any painted copy have ever
SEEM" E. P. Whpple, Richard Hill
dreth, Hon. Edw. Everett, Ill. d. Jared
Sparks, IL. D., William H. Presco'
IL. ID. Washington Irving, Ralph W
Emerson, ESQ.,, Prof TIC. Upham, ].
T. Headlay, F'iiz Green Halleck, H. W
LongfeIlnw, Wm. Gilmore Simms; snc
FROM EUROPE, Lord Talford, II. B
Macawley, Sir Archibald Alison, Lori
;; Mavor of London, &c. &c. &c. THE
! PRESS, Throughout, the entire Union
have with one voice proclaimed the mer
> ils of this superb engraving.
/, To enable all to possess this valuable
J treasure, il is sold at the low price of g.
per copy.
Published by
GEORGE w. SHIELDS,
N. w. COR of Fifth and Arch st. Phila
WILLIAM G. STEEL. Sole Agen
for the States of Ohio and indians.
This Portrait can only be ob,aine'
i from Mr.. STEEL, o. from his duly au-
: thorized agents.
> Arrangements have been made vii,
the Post Office Department, by whicI
copies Of the Portrait can be sen, 10 an
!, point, per mail, in perfect order.
OF Persons by remiting FIVE Dol,
: LARS 10 VIM. G.. STEEL; Cincrnns,i
: Ohio, will have copy sent to them fire.
Of Postage.
or Magnificent Gilt Frames, got n
expressly for these Portraits, furnished
, at the low price of $500 each.
JUST ISSUED,