Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-12-18
THE ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT or WASHING
TON
JUST PUBLISHED.
T. B. WELSH's MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Eiigra we'd by permission J from Stnaft's oulu ori
ilial ~IuftlniI. In tie Ailsunnm. Hnsinn.D

Engraved by permission from Stnaft's oalu oyju.
mai ~rorttait, In HE Aileiienm, Boston.
III 8 superb picture, Engraved Under the s,ipefin
%tendeiee, Of THOMAS SULLY, ESQ, the eminent
anil highly eiftel artist. IL the only correct likeness
Of Washington ever published. Il has been ei,atar.
tsrised As the greatest work II art ever produced IN
TINS cpllntrv. As 10 its fidelity, We refer to the let
tiers OF the adopted son Of Washington. GEORGE
WASHINGTON PARK CURTIN, whe says. at
u 2 faithful representation Of The celebrated origin
al, and TO CHIEF IusTIC o TANEY Of the su.
prefie. Court Of the United States, who says. stAs
a work Of art is excellence and beauty must strike
every uile who sees 1t and Ii il no less i,atuy IN Its
likeness to the Father OF his country. Ii was my
gooa fortune ~ have seen him in the DAYS or my
oeyhued, ana his whole appearance IL yet strongly
impressed on my memory. The portrait you have
issued appears TO me to be an extract likeness, rep.
~resenti1g perfectly the expires sion as well as the
form AM features of the face" And SAYS spNA-
TOR CASs. u ia hfs-fihe representation or the
great original. PRESIDENT FILLMORE says,
Tie work appears to me to have been admirably
e%,Hecute,l and ~e,aine,itig wnrthy Of the patronage Of
the public Says MAACHANT the eminent portrait
painter. and the pupil Of Stuart, ..yviir trini 10 nv
mini y more remarkable than any otlief | have
seen, for presenting the tehole individuality Of tile
original portrait, together with tile noble and Jiani.
He'd ffepose ofaif and nitliiief, which all who ever
saw him considered a tnarked characteristic Of The
lHlistrious man 1t commentaries"
For. The e rrat tneriis IT Mis picture .e ,ro,ld refer
ecsre Lorer OF Washington 10 he portrait itself. 10 be
seen Of ne office Of his paper md 10 The letters Of
me .tofpaaihg Artists, .Siatssnen. Jurtsts and Sehef.
ara accompanying II.
ARTISTS - Mafchant aud Elliott, of New York
Neagle. Rotltsftnel. aid i~alib1in. Df pl,iindel4lia
Cllesier Harding. Of Htston : Charles Fraser. Of
Iliaflestowf. g. O.. and to the adontcti son III
Wnshingt' II. Hon. Gee. w. p. curtis. himself nj,
artist . srATEEmEN.-fIis Ettetleney Miliard Fill
more, Majpr Ger. Winfield seots, Hon 1eufge Al.
ii Itnc HIM t4tn ~ I...s HIN. tt.atAt faYT4X.a
Hon. Linn Boyd Hon. Lewis Gass, Hon. WIN. A.
Hon. jain p. Kennedy, Hon. ii. d win.
throp, Il ID. guHisTs.-fIett. Ks,ger b. tTany. lion.
John Duer. ifoi,. Jt,ii Mclean, lion. Rufus uhoaie.
enohARs.-charlef rolsofn. tsq.. the well known
Librarian OF tile noston Atliensutn. who snys, u
would rather owi, \ than any painted copy have
ever seen;" E.P. wllipple. ~Rirfaft Hildre,il. lion Ed.
ward Everett. b L. D.. Jared sparks, i h. b., will
II. Present., i l.. D. Washington irving, halpb
w Emerson, Esq. Frof. r. 9. ufhaii. !. +. ~iieatllsy,
ritz. Green iitlieek, H. W, Isongleltow. WIN. fillmore
sintns and FROM EUROPE, Lord %Taif,uri, i. b.
lon, DC. De- THE PRESS. throughout the entire
Bnipn, have with one voice proclaimed the merits |
IF this s,iperb engraving.
no enable all to posses this valuable treasure. II Ii
at the low price Of &c per copy.
published by GEORGE W. gniLps.
NEW. corner OF Fifth and Arch streets. PHILADELPHIA
Id BrERIr,
Agent for the states of Florida, arkansas and
.eu isara.
This portrait can only be obtained from Mr..
or from Ills duly authorized agents.
arrangements have been made with the rost
,f'iee department.. by which copies Of the ~portrHit
nh be sent TO any point, per mail. in perfect order.
CT persons BY RENTING FIVE DOLLARS to j. D.
YERLY, new orleans, will have d copy Of The ppr.
cent to them free Of Postage.
OF magnificent Gilt frames, got up expressly for
Portraits, furnished at the low price Of $500