The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-10
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JUST PUBLISHED,
4: B. WEIGHS MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Engraved 10y permission) from S,uar,'s
only original portrait, in the A,he.
neum, Boston.
This spberS picture, Engraved under
the superintendent Of THOMAS SUI
LIZ, Esas the eIDncnt.and highly gifted.
artist, is the only correct Likeness Of
Washington ever sublished. Il has been
characterized as the greatest work ofari
ever produced-in This ceuAtry. Asto its
fidelity, we reisrto the letters of the
adopted son Of Washington, GEORGE
WASHINGTON PARK CUSTIS, who
says,ssIi Is q faithful representation Of
the celebrated original" and 10 CHIEF
JUSTICE fancy OF the Sqpreme
Court of the United States, who says,
"As work Of art iis excellence and
beauty must strike everv one who sees
it;and il ID no less happy in iiB likeness
'toiihe Father ofhis conntry. B ii was my,
good fortune 10 have seen him in the days
Of my boyhood, and his whole appearances
is yet strongly impressed on my memory.
The poriraitynu have issued appears 70
me to be an exact likeness, presenting
perfectly the expression as we'll as the
form and features Of the face" And
says SENATOR CASS, il is a lite like
representation Of the great original
PRESIDENT fillmore says, ",hc
work appears 10 me have been admira-
bly, executed tnd eminently wothy Of the
patronage Of the public.n Says MAR
CHANT the eminent poriiai, painter.
andahe pupil ofS,uartf' your prin, 10 my
mind lie Glore remarkable than any other
| have seen, for presenting tho Dhole in.-
dividual;ty ofthe original portrait, To-
gelherwiththe noble and 6ignifedrepose
Of air and manner, which all who ever
saw him considered a marked characieris.
tic Of the illustrious man it commence
rates" igta siss,s st
For the great merits Of this picture pe
Uould refer erery lJuer Of Wasbington
to tie portrait Itself to be seen at the Office
ofthis paper, and to the letters of the fol
iotcingi Artists, Statesmen, Jurists and
Scholars accompanying il. es
ARTiSTS.-Marchant and Elliott, of
New York; Nsaale, RoihermeI, and
Lsmbdin, Of Phlsdelphia; Chester Hard
ing, Of Boston; Charles Fraser, of Car
lesion, s. c., and to the adopted son Of
Washington, Hon. Geo. w. p. Gusts,
himself an artist, STATESMEN.- His
Excellepcy Millard Fillmore, Major Gen
Winfield Scott, Hon George NJ. Dallas,
Hon. William r. King, Hon. Daniel
Webster, Hor. Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. JohnP. Kennedy, Hon. r.
G. Winthrop, LII. d. JURISTS,- Hon.
Roger B. Taney, Hon. John. Duer, Hon.
John Mclean, Hen. Rufus Cbonte.
.SCHOLARS.--Charles Folsom,' Esq,
tie 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
dre,h, Hon. Edw. Everett, Ill. d, Jared
Sparks, IL. D., William H. Prescott,
III. d. Washington Irving, Ralph w.
Emerson, Esq., Prof, T. G.. Upham, J.
t. Headley, Fiiz Green Halleck H. w.
Lonpfellow, VIM. Gilmore Simms; and
FROM EUROPE, Lord Talford, T. B
Macawley, Sir Archibald Alison, Lord
Mayor Of London, &c. &c, &c. TIE
PRESS, throughout the entire Union,
have with one voice, proclaimed tho mcr-
its Of this superb engraving apss
To enable all TO POSSESS this valuable
treasure, il is sold al the low price of$5|
per copy. Y asii2fli iaeY ~
Published by aHea 'lal. saa {&
GEORGE w. SHIELDS,
NJ. w. cor. Of Fifth and Arch ct. Phila.
WILLIAM G. STEEL, Sole Agent
for the States nf Ohio and Indians.
This Portrait can only be obtained
from MR.. STEEL, o. from his duly au-
agents. dg iat ss8
Arrangements have been made with
the Post Office DeDartment. nv which