Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-02-03
THE ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
JUST PUBLISHED,
7. B. WEIGHTS MAGNIFICENT

PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
Engraved (by permission) from stuart's only ORR
ginal portrait, in the Atheneum, Boston.
lIHNHIS superb picture, Engraved under the SUI
Il perintendence of THOMAS SuLLY, ESQ., the
eminent and highly gifted artist, is the only cor
rect likeness of Washington ever published. 1t
has been characterised as the greatest work of
art ever produced in this country AS to its fl
deity, we refer to the letters Of the adopted son
o1 Washington, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK Gus
tbs, who says, est is faithful representation of
the celebrated original :" and to CHIEF JUSTICE
fancy of the Supreme Court Of the United States,
VINO says, GAS 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
ms country. 1t was my good fortune to have seen
him in the days of my boyhood, and his whole APP
pearance is yet strongly impressed on my memory
The portrait you have issued appears to me to be-
an exact likeness, representing perfectly the eX-
preston as well as the form and features Of the
face" And says SENATOR CAss, 1t is a IJe-Nke
representation Of the great original. PRESIDENT
FILLMORE says. ''the work appears to me to have
been admirably executed and eniaent.y worthy of
the patronage of the public" Says MARcHANT
the eminent portrait painter, and the pupil Of
Stuart, "your print to my mind is more remark
able than any other have seen, for presenting the
,choie individuality of the original portrait toge tn
er with the noble and dignified repose of air and
manner, which all who ever saw him considered
d marked characteristic OF llluStrlOuS man 1T
commemorate ties. -
For the great merits Of this picture ace ,couM refer
every orer Of Washington to the portrait ITSELF to be
seen at the office otthis pepper, and to The letters The
foltoacng artists, Statesmen, Jursts and Scholars &C
companytng 1t.
ARTISTS.-Marchant and Elliott, of New
York; Neage, Rothermel, and Lambdir, of PhiIa-
delphia; Chester Harding, of Boston Charles
Fraser of Charleston, S. g.; and to the adopted
son of Washington, hon. George w P Gusts, him
self an artist STATESM EN-His Excelency
Willard Fillmore, Major General Winfield Scott,
Hon George NJ Dallas, Hon William r King, Hon
Daniel Webster. Hon Linn Boyd, Hon Lewis
Cass, Hon William A Graham. Hon John P Ken
needy, Hon r G Winthrop, LII. d. JURISTS-
Hon Roger fancy, Hon John Duer, Hon John
Mclean, Hon Rufus Choate. SCHOLARS
Charles Folsom, Esq, the well known Librarian of
the Boston Atheneum, who says, Il would rather
own it than any painted copy 1 have ever seen;'
Whipple, Richard Hldreth, Hon Edward
Everett, LII. d., Jared Sparks, Ii. D., William
II Prescott, LII. D., Washington Irving. Ralph
w Emerson, Esq, Prof T c Upham + Head
ley, Fitz Green HalIeck, II. w. Longfellow, VIM
Talford, 7 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
10 enable all to possess this valuable treasure,
it is sold at the low price of S. 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.
I5Persons by RENTING FIVE DOLLARS to A. |
BURNETT, 140 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, |
will have copy of the Partrat sent to them free
Of Postage.
I+Magnifcent Gilt Frames, got up expressly
for these Portraits, furnished at the low price of
IS 90 each,