The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-01-12
THE ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON
II. JUST PUBLISHED,
~ r. b. WEIGHS .1lAG.NIFICEN'T
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.

Engraved Thy permssion) from Stuarts onfy orr
pinaI portrait, in the A,heneun, Boston.
This sunerb picture. Engravedunder the super
in,endence of THOMAS SULLEY, EsQ., the
eminent and highly gifted artist, is the only cor.
rect likeness OF Washington ever published II
has been charac terised the greatest work OF art
ever produced in this country. Asto It's ndehty,
we refer to the letters OF the adopted son o, 0,
Washington, GEORGE WASHINGTON "a hN
CUSFIS, who says, ''lt IS talth'ul tePIesrm,n,,
,ion of the celebrated original and to CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY of the Supreme Court of the
limited States, who says. 'Asa work OF at lis
EXCELLENCE and beauty must strike every one VINO
sees i and il is no less happy in It's likeness to the
Father Of his country. 1t was my good fortune
10 have seen him in the days Of my boyhood' ana
his whnle appearance is yet strongly Impressed
On nv memory. The portrait you have issued
appears TO lie to be eract likeness, representing
nerfectIv the expression as well as the form ana
features of the face" And says SEN Ioh
CASS, 1t is a Hfe.ike representation 2I lhe grtD
original PRESIDENT FILLMORE says. "the
work appears to me to have been aam'raoy exc,
cuted and eminentiy worthy of the patronage OF
tho nnhlic /" Saw. MARCHANT the eminent
portrait painter, and the pupil Of Stuart, ''your
print to nv mind is more remarkable than any
other have seen, for presenting the phoie ihdi'
vdualitv of the original portrait, together win
the noble and dsnified repose OF air and manner.
which all who ever saw him considered marked
characteristic Of the illustrious man 1t commemo'
rates"
For the great merits of this picture we would
refer every lover of Washington to the portrait
itself 10 be seen at the Office Of this paper, and
TO the letters of the following Artists. Statesmen.
Jurists and Scholars accompanying IT.
ARTISTS -Marchant and Elliott, OF New
| al nd I m
adelnhia. Chester Harding, of Boston; Charles
Fraser. of Charleston, S. c.; aud to the adopted
son of Washington, Hon. Geo. w. +. Custs'
himself an artist. sTATESMEN.-His Excel.
lencv Millard Fillmore, Major Gen. WinheId
SOFT Hon. George M. Dallas, Hon. William X.
King. Hon. Daniel Webster, Hon. Linn boyd,
HIM Lewis Cass, Hon. VIM. A. Graham, Hon
Iohn p Kennedy, Hon r. C Winthrop, LII. u.
JIJRISTS. Roger b Taney, Hon John
nner Hon. John Mclean, Hon Rufus Choate.
SCHOLARs.-Ch Charles Folsom, Esq, the well
known Librarian Of the Boston Atheheuh' wh9
saws, 81 would rather own it than any painted
copy have ever seem" E. P. Whlpp'e, hiGharo
H;dretb Hon. Edward Everett, LIZ u Jared
Sparks, Ii. D., William II Prescott, III ~ -
Washington Irving, Ralph W. Emerson Esq
Prof r. C. Upham, J. 7, Headley, Fitz Green
Halleck. n. w. Longfellow, VIM. Gilmore
Simms: and FROM EUROPE, Lord Taltonrd
r. B. Macauley, Sir Archibald Arson on Loa SE
Mayor of London. &c &c &C. IHE .E rhESS r.,s,
throughout the entire Union, have with ole voice W
proclaimed the merits Of this superb engraving
To enable all to possess this valuable treasure
il is sold at the low price of IS per copy.
Published by GEORGE W. CHlLDS,,
N. w. corner of Fifth and Arcn sUeets r''''"
WILLIAM G. STEEL,
Sole Agent for the States of Ohio and lnaiana n,p
This Portrait can only be obtained from Mh
STEEL or from his duly authorized agents. .n d..
Arrangements have been made with the tn = pos ps
Office Department, by which copies OF the FOR
trait can be sent to any point, per mall IN per'ec
order. >,
n5- Persons by renting FIVE DOLLARS '
VIM. G. STEEL, Cincinnati, Ohio, WIN nave
conv of the Portrait sent to them free OF Postage
gs,- Magnificent Gilt Frames, got up exptessl!
for these Portraits, furnished al the low price
IS, 90 each.