Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-11-25
THE ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF wAsHINGTo,
JUST PUBLISHED.
r. E. Welch's Magnificent
PCETREiT OF WASHINGTON.


! Engraved 10y permssIon) from Stuari's on
! iy original portrait, in The Athenum, Bos-
son.
This superb picture. Engraved under the
superintendent of Thomas Sully, Esq. the
eminent snd highly gifted artist, is The only
/ correct likeness of Washington ever publish
ed. Ii has been characterised as the great
est work of au ever IOduced in this county.
As 10 lis fidelity, we refer 10 The letters of
the adopted son of Washington, George
! Nashngton Park Custis. who saws, "it is a
faithful representation Of the celebrated orig
inal," and TO chief Justice fancy of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, who saws,
As work of art its excellence and beauty
must strike every one who sees ii: and il is
no less happy in lis likeness 10 the Father
( of his country. Ii was my good fortune 10
have seen ham in the days of my boyhood,
and his whole appearance is yet strongly i'm
pressed on my memory. The portrait you
have issued appears TO me to be an enact
likeness, representing perfectly the express
sion as we'll as the form and features of the
face" And says Senator CaSs, IL is a life
like representation of The great original -
President Fillmore SAYS, the work appears
10 me 10 have been admirably executed and
emlnenHy worthy Ofihe patronage of the pub
lie" Says Marchant the eminent portrait
painter, and the publ Of Stuart, your prin,
10 my mind is more remarkable than any
other have seen, for presenting the uhoLe
individuality of the original portrait, together
with the noble and dignifed repose of air
and manner, which all who ever saw him
considered a marked characteristic of the H.
Il. -
For Tie great merits o. this picture oce rvould
refer ecery iorer Of Washington TO the por-
trait itself TO be seen at tie office of this pa.
per, and 10 the letters Of tie foitO1oing Artists,
Statesmen, JurlSfs and Scholars Qccompany-
ing II.
Ariists-Marchant and Elliot, of New
York Neagle, Rotherme, and Lambdin; of
Philadelphia Chester Harding, OF Boston
Charles Fraser, of Charleston, s. c.; and TO
the adopted son Of Washington, Hon. Geo.
w. p. Cusls, himself an artist Statesmen.
His Excelency Mllard Fillmore, Major
Gen. Winfield Scott. Hon George NJ Dal-
las, Hon. William r. King. Hon. Daniel
Webster, Hon Lynn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. VIM A. Graham, Hon John p.
Kennedy. Hon. R. c. Winthrop, LII D.
Juris,s-Hon: Roger B Tuney, Hon. John
Duer, Hon. Dohn Mclean, II on. Rufus Choa,e
Schoars.-Charles Folsom, Esq, the well
known Librarian Of the Boston Aniheneum
who says, would rather own it than any
painted copy have ever SEEM" Z. P Whip
pie, Richard HIldrelh, Hon. Edw Everett,
LII. d.; Jared Sparks, LII d., William H
Prescott, LII. d., Washington Irving, Ralph
w. Emerson, Esq, Prof. +. c. Upham, ]. !
L. Hesdley. Fitz Green Halleck, II. w.
Long fellow, VIM. Gilmore Simms; and from
Europe, Lord Tallourd, L. b. Macaney, Sir
Aarchibold Alison. Lori Mayor Of London,
&c. &c. &c. The Press, throughout the en-
lire Union. have with one voice proclaimed
the merits of this superb engraving.
To enable allto possess this valuable treas |
uTe, it is sold at the low price Of $5 per copy.
Published by GEORGE w. CHILDS.
\. w. corner OF Fifth & Arch sts., Phil'a. |
ID. ID. BYERLY,
Sole Agent for the States of Eastern Penn.
sylvania and Delaware
This Portrait can only be obtained from
Mr.. Byeriy, or from his duly authorized a.
gents.
Arrangements have been. made with the
Post Office Department, by which copies of
he Portrait can be sent 10 any point. per
mail. ia perfec; order.
UJ7 Persons by remilting Five Dollars to
D. ID. Byerly. Philadelphia, will have copy
IF the Portrait sent to them free of Postage
III Magnificent Gilt Frames, got up ex-
,ressly for these Portals, furnished at the
ow price of $500 each