Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-03-24
The ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON
JUST PUBLISHED,
T. B. WELCH'S MAGNIFICENT

B. WEIGHTS MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
Engraved (by permission) from Stuarts only ORR
ginal portrait, in the Atheneum, Boston.
TTNHlS superb picture, Engraved under the su-
Il perintendence of THOMAS SULLY, Esq, the
eminent and highly gifted artist, is the only cor
rect likeness of Washington ever published IT.
has been characterised as the greatest work oil
art ever produced in this country. As to its fl
deltv, we refer to the letters of the adopted
of Washington, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK Gus
IT'S, who says, s'it is a faithful representation OF
the celebrated original - and to GRIEF justice
TANEy of the Supreme Court Of the United States,
who says, "As work Of art its excellence and
beauty must strike every one who sees it and IT
is no less happy in its likeness to the Father OF
his country 1t was my good fortune to have seen
him in the days of my boyhood, and his whole ap-
pearance is yet strongly impressed on my memory
The portrait you have issued appears to nae to be
an exact likeness, representing perfectly the ex-
preston as well the form and features OF the
face' And says SENATOR CAss, it is &c Efe-iike
representation Of the great original. PRESIDENT
FILLMORE says, ssthe work appears to me to have
been admirably executed and eminentty worthy OF
the patronage of the public Says NAEcHANT
the eminent portrait painter, and the pupil ct
Stuart ssyour print to nay mind is more remark
able than any other have seen, for presenting the
aohoe individuality of the original portrait, togeth-
er with the noble and dgniied repose of air amt
manner, which all who ever saw him considered
a marked Characteristic of the ilustrious man 1t
commentaries.
For the great merits of this picture zee mould refer
erery lorer of Washington to the portrait Itself! to be
at the office cf this paper, and TO the letters Of the
folioacing Artists Statesmen, Jiss and Scholars &C
Icompanying 1t.
ARTISTS.-Maschant and Elliott, Of New
York; Neagle, RothermeI, and Lambdn of PtiIa~
deIphia; Chester Harding. Of Boston Charles
Fraser, of Charleston, S. C and to the adopted
son of Washington, hon. George w P Gusts, him
self an artist. STATESMEN-His ExceIlency
Willard Fillmore, Major General Winfield Scott,
Hon George M Dallas, Hon William r King, Hon
Daniel Webster. Hon Linn Boyd, Hon Lewis
Cass, Hon William A Graham. Hon John Ken
nedy, Hon Winthrop, LII. D. JUR1STs-
Hon Roger B fancy, Hon John Duer, Hon John
Mclean, Hon Rufus Choate. Scholars
Charles Folsom, Esq the well known Librarian of
the Boston Atheneum, who says, 81 would rather
own it than any painted copy have SEEM"
E WhippIe, Richard Hildre.h, Hon Edward
Everett, LII. d., Jared Sparks, ILL., d., William
H Prescott, Ii. d., Washington Irving, Ralph
w Emerson, Esq, Prof T G Upham, J 4 Head
ley, Fitz Green Halieck, H. w. Longellow, VIM
Gilmore Simms; and FROM EUROPE, Lord
Talford, II B Macauley, Sir Archibald Alison,
Lord Mayor of London, &c. &c. &c. The Press
throughout the entire Union, have with one voice
proclaimed the merits of this superb engraving.
To enable all to possess this valuable treasure,
it is sold at the low price of So per copy.
Published by GEORGE w. CHILDS,
N. w. corner of Fifth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia.
A. BURNETT,
Sole Agent for the State Of Maryland.
Arrangements have been made with the Post
} Office Department, by which copies Of the Por-
trait can be sent to any point, per mail, in perfect
order.
sT-Persons by RENTING FIVE DOLLARS to A.
BURNETT, 14U Baltimore Street, Baltimore,
will have copy of the Partrat sent to them free
Of Postage.
sIsNlagnifcent Gilt Frames, got up expressly
for these Portraits, furnished at the low price OF