St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-01-06
The ONLY TRUE pORCRAIrOT
WASHINGTON.
JUST PUBLISHED.
r. D. WEIGHTS MIG VTFTCEYT
P0NTKAHT OF VE.AS1ENG.
-'E'GE


EnIrased CIV rernis- from Ssuart's oalv
erigiaai portrait. in the AtheneuIE, Boston.
Tins superb picture, Engraved under the
ssPsrn'etidence of Thomas Snllv. Esq, til.
"7iinent AMI highly gifted artist is the onIy
eerrret likeness Of Washington ever puLIi~yed
u has been characterized as the greatest work
OF AT eve; prodaced IN thi. country. AS toits
hdeillv. wetefer 10 tie letters Of the adopted
sa .'., q Ma.h,esion, George Washin gton Paik
ton or the celebrated original I" and 10 Chief
Justice. fancy OF the Supreme Court Of the
United States, wIo says, - AS work of art IL
excellence and beauty must strike every on
wh" 9'rs It ; and II IL no less happy in it's like
n=ss :" the Father OF his country. II was nv
good iortuH~ to have seen him in the dayS OF
nv hoyheoh, and his whole appearance is vet
strongly oppressed my memory. The POI :
trait y"I have issued appears 10 me 20 be an
srsd Eitrnrss, rrprrysutIn. perfectly the ex-
preston AZ wei a. The form and features OF
the lace" And s1vs Senator CAss. il is life.
hike representation OF the gre nj original. preEi
dent Fillmore says tile work appears 10 me
10 have been at,nirahiy execn;'d and rninrn;s
~ worthy al the patronage OF the public" Say.
NJ :rr'sa''t The emin"u' portrait painter. and tie
pgT'l 81 Stuart, - toGr rriat to nv mind IL
more rrnsrkbis thdn any other have seen
Tor rrr'en'",E the Whale IniviGlthty OF the
or'.inai portrait. together Wnh the noble and
6tSnthei IepOSr ~ air and manner which all
wh" evNr sIw him considered marked clarac.
t~TiS'ic oiihs iliusirious man il commentaries -
foI the great merits Of this picture we would
rrtsr every lover II Washington 10 the portrait
itself. % ~ scra at tn" Office of this paper aud
to me l'ii'r' Of he following ARTISTS, States.
mon. JHrI"t~ sHd Scholars accompanying it,
ARTISTS ~, rch.al and Elliott, of New
YORK; Nci.le, R"th' mel. and Lambin, OF
Philadelphia Chester Harding, Of Boston :;
Charles Fraser. OF Charleston. S g: and 10 the
adopted son of Washington. Hon. G. w. p. Gus
tie, himself an artist. Statesmen.-HiS Excel
lsncy MiiIard Fillmore, Major Gen. Winfield
Scott. Hon George VI. Dallas. Hon. William
n. King. Hon Daniel Webster Hon. Linn
Boyd. Hon. Lewis Cass, Hon. VIM. 4. Gresham,
Hon. John p. Kennedy. Hon. X. &. Winthrop
LID, Jurists.-iIon. Roger 3. Tsnsy. Hon.
John Duer, Hon. John Mclean. Hon. Rufus
Choate. Scholars-Charies Folsom, ESQ, the
- we'll knowu Librarian OF the Boston Athene-
un. who says. az would rather own il than
any painted copy have ever seen; F. p Whip.
pie. Richard HIldIeth, Hon Edward Everett,
LID. Jared Sparks. LID, William II. Pres
colt, LID, Washington Irving. Ralph w
Emerson, Esq, Prof L & Upham. L Head
", FriE Green INlleck. u W Loncsellow,
WIN Gilmore Simms; and from Europe. Lord
Taiourd. r B Macauly, Sir Archibald Alison,
Lord Mayor Of London. &c &c &c. The press
threugho the entire union have with one
voice proclaimed the merits OF this superb en-
craving.
sure, IL is sold at the low price OF S5 per copy,
Published by GEORGE w. CHELDS,
N. ". corner of Filth and Arch streets, Phila.
GelphiS.
A. BURNETT,
Sole Agent for the State of Maryland.
Arrangements have been made with the
Post Office Department, by which copies OF the
Portrsit esn be sent to any point, per mail, in
perfect order.
% Persons By remltting Five Dollars to A.
Burnett, 40 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, will
have a copy Of the Portrait sent to them free
Of Postage
90 Magnificent Gilt Frames. got mp ex-
rressiy for these Portraits, furnished at the low
price Of SIS each. |
Just issued.
AMAGNIFlCENT PORTRAIT OF
& " ~ IL R Al IA ca q ON, |
Engraved by T WEIGH. Esq, after the origi- |
nal portrait painted by r Suily, Esq.
This Portrait win be q mate h 10. the Wash I
iDgfon, and 10 in every respect - well got up. /
Prize Ns "a enpv Address a. aSnve