The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-01-07
The only True Portrait ofVvash-
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JUST pUBLTsHED

JOOl fODLLStfED,
T. B. WEIGHS MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Engraved (by permission) from Stuar,'s
only original portrait, in the Athe.
neum, Boston. ,y,,.be, i,
This suberb piciule,a Engraved under
the superintendcnce OF THOMAS SUI
LY, ESQ, the eminent and highly gifted
artist, is the only correc, likeness, of
Washington ever published. Il has been
Characterised as the greatest work ofart
ever produced in this couSiry. AS TO its
fidelity, we refer 10 the letters Of the
adopted son Of Washington, GEORGE
WASHINGTON PARK CUSTIs, who
says, at is a faithful representation OF
the celebrated original" and 10 CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, who says,
GAS a work Of art it's excellence and
beauty mus. strike every one who sees
it; and il is no less happy in its likeness
to the Father Of his cou0iry. II was my
good fortune TO have seen him in the days
of my boyhood, and his whole appearance
is yet strongly impressed on my memory.
The portrait you have issued appears TO
me to be al enact likeness, representing
perfectly the expression as we'll as the
form and features of the face" And
says SENATOR CASS, it is a lite like
representation Of the great original.
PRESIDENT FILLMORE says, "lhe
work appears to me TO have been admira.
bly, executed and eminently woihy Of the
patronage Of the public" Says MAR
CHANT the eminent portrait, painter,
and the pupil Of Stuart, "your prin, TO my
mind is more remarkable than any other
| have seen, for presenting tho ,phole in
dividual;ty Of the original portrait, to-
geiher with the noble and dignifed rspose
Of air and manner, which all who ever
saw him considered marked Characters.
tic Of the illustrous man It eommemo-
rates." u.-
For the great merits Of this picture ,De
voHld refer crery louer Of Washington
to tSe pOrtrai. isself I, to be seen at the office
of This paper, and to the letters Of the fol
toDing Artists, Statesmen, Jurists and
Scholars accompanying it.
ARTISTS.-Marchant and Elliott, Of
New York; Neagle, RohermeI, and
L.mbdin, Of Philadelphia; Chester Hard.
log, ofBoSton; Charles Fraser, of Clar-
lesion, S. c., and to the adopted son Of
Washington, Hon. Geo. W. P. Gusts,
himself an artist, STATESMEN.-IIis
Excelleuey Millard Fillmore, Major Gen.
Winfield Scott, Hon George NJ. Dallas,
Hon. William R. King, Hon. Daniel
Webster, Hor. Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. John P. Kennedy, Hon. r.
G. Winthrop, LII. D. JURISTS.-Hon.
Roger B. Taney, Hon. John Duer, Hon.
John Mclean, II.n. Rufus Cboate.
SCHOLARS --Charles Folsom, ESQ.,,
the well known Librarian of the Boston
Aiheneum, who says, 81 would rather
own i, than any painted copy ! have ever
SEEM" E, P, Whipple, r chard Hill
dre,b, Hon. Edw. Everett, LII. D., Jared
Sparks, LII. D., William H. Prescott,
Ill. d. Washington Irving, Ralph W.
Emerson, ESQ.,, Prof. T. G. Upham, J.
T. Headley, F,z Green Halleck, Fl. w.
Lonpfellow, VIM. Gilmore Simms; and
FROM EUROPE, Lord Talford, I. B
Macawley, Sir Archibald Alison, Lord
Mayor of London, &c. &c. &c. THE
PRESS, throughout the entire Union,
have with one voice proclaimed the NOR
its Of this superb engraving.
To enable all 10 possess this valuable
treasure, il is sold at the low price of $5
per copy.
Published by
GEORGE W. SHIELDS,
N. w. cor. of Fifth and Arch st. Philu.
WILLIAM G. STEEL, Sole Agent
for the States of Ohio and indians.
This Poruai, can only be obtained
from MR.. STEEL, o: from his duly au-
thorized agents.
Arrangements have been made with
the Post Office Department, by which
copies Of the Portrait can be sen, to any
point, per mail, in perfect order.
OF Persons by remnting FIVE DOL
LARS 10 WIN. g. STEEL, Cincinnati.
Ohio, will have o copy sentto them free
Of Postage.