Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-11
THE ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF Wash
INGTON.
JUST PUBLISHED,

r. B. WEIGHS MAGNIFICENT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON
IyNGRAvED (by pemission) from Stuarfs
II ONLY original portrait, in the Atheneum,
Boston. a
This superb picture, Engraved under the su-
perintendence Of Thomas Sully, ESQ.,, the emf
nent and highly gifted artist, is the only correct
likeness of Washington ever published. It has
been characterized as the greatest work Of ait
ever produced in thiscountry As 70 it, fidelity,
we refer to the letters OF the adopted son Of
Washington GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK
CUSTIS, who says, "it is faithful representa-
ton of the celebrated original" and to CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, who 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 his country. 1t wasmy good fer
tune 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 ap-
pears to me to be an EXACT LIKErEss, represent
ing perfectly the expression as we'll as the form
and features of the face" And says SENATOR
CASS, it is lifelike representation of the great
original. PRESIDENT FILLMORE says. ''the
work appears to me to have been admirably exc
cuted and EMiNENrLY worthy of the patronage Of
the public" Says MARCHANT the eminent
portrait painter, and the pupil Of St1art, "your
print to my mind is more remarkable than any
other have seen, for presenting the WHOLE ndi-
viduality Of the original portrait, together with
the noble and digni6ed repose Of air and manner,
which all who ever saw him considered marked
Characteristic Of the illustrious man it commem-
orates.'
For the great merits Of this picture we would
refer every lover of Washington to the portrait
itself, to be seen at the Office of this paper and
to the letters of the following Artists Statesmen,
Jursts, and Scholars accompanying it.
ARTISTS.-MsrchaRt and Elliott, of New
York; Neagle, Rothemel. and Lambdin, Of Phil
adelphia; Chester Harding, of Boston; Charles
Fraser, of Charleston, S. c.; and to the adopted
son of Washington, Hon. Geo. w. P. Gusts,
himself an artist. STATESMEN--Hi Excelleney
Millard Fillmore, Major Gen. Winfield Scott, Hon.
Geo. M. Dallas, Hon. VIM. R. King, Hon. Daniel
Webster, Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis Cass, Hon.
VIM. A. Graham, Hon. John P. Kennedy, Hon.
R. G. Winthrop, LII. d. JURISTS-Hon. Rog-
er B. Taney, Hon. John Duer, Hon. John M Lean,
Hon. Rufus Choate. SCHOLARS-Charles Fol-
som, Esq, the well known Librarian Of the BoS-
ton Aiheneum, who says: "Iwould rather own
it than any painted copy have ever SEEM" E.
P. Whpple, Richard Hildreth, Hon. Edward Ev-
erstt, LII. D., Jared Sparks, Ii. D., Washington
, Irving, Ralph W. Emerson, ESQ.,, Prof. T. G. Up
} ham, ]. T. Headley, Fitz Green Halleck, H. W
b Longfellow, VIM. Gilmore Simms; and FROM
4 EUROPE, Lord Talfourd, T. B. Macauley, SiI
Archibald Alison, Lord Mayor of Lendon, &c.,
60. THE PRESS, throughout the entire Union,
i have, with one voice, proclaimed the merits O
a this superb engraving. !.
5 To enable all to possess this valuable treasure
8 it is sold at the low price of S6 per copy. I.
J Published by GEORGE w. CHILDS,
ri N. w. corner of Fifth and Arch streets, Phila
n WILLIAM G. STEEL,
nj Sole Agent for the States of Ohio and Indiana
}. This Portrait can only be obtained from Mr.
STEEL, or from his Duly authorized agents.
h Arrangements have been made with the Pos
!, Office Department, by which copies of The Por
II trait can be sent to any point, per mail in per
IT feet order.
l. O- Persons by remitting FIVE DoLtARs to WIN
Is G. STEEL, Cincinnati, Ohio, win have copy o
II the Portrait sent to them free of Postage.
U'Magnifcent Gilt Frames, got up expressl
= for these Portraits, furnished at the low price c
AZ each a. III