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ONLY TRUE PORTRAIT OF WlSHINGTaN.


lust PUBLISHED-T. B. WELCHS
j MAGNIFICENT PORTRAIT or
WASHINGTON, engracet (5y lnrmisst0R)
from .Stuats only orfgtttai portrait, IN 6te
Ahteneuu, Boston.
This superb picture, engraved under the
superintendent of THOMAS SULLY, ESQ,
the eminent and highly gifted artist, is tie
only correct likeness OF Washington ever pub
hshed. 1t has been characterised at the gre;t-
est work of art ever produced in this county,
As to its fidelity, we refer to the letters OF the
adopted son Of Washington, GEoRGE WASH
lNGToN PARK CUSTIS, who says, 1T is a faith
ful representation of the celebrated original
and to CHIEF JUSTICE TANRY of tie Supreme
Court OF the United States. who says, 4" AS
work of art its excellence and beauty musi
strike every one who sees it and il is no less
happy in its likeness to the Father Of his couI.
try. 1t was my good fortune to have hun
in the days of my boyhood, and his whole APP
pearance is yet strongly impressed on my mem
ory The portrait you have issued appears 10
me an eract likeness representing perfectly the
expression as well as the form and features o
the face" And says SENATOR CAss, 1t is a
hfe-iike representation Of tie grea: original
PRESIDENT FILLMORE says, The work ap
pears to me TO have been admirably executed
and eminently worthy of the patronage of the
public" Says MARCHANT, the eminent por-
trait painter and the pupil of Stuart, Your
print to my mind is more remarkable than any
other have seen. for presenting the whole indi-
viduality of the original portrait, together with
the noble and dignified repose of air and manner,
which all who ever saw him considered a marked
characteristic of the ilustrious man it com
nenorates.
Ror the great merits of this picture we would
refer every lover of Washington to the portrait
itself, to be at the office of this paper and
to the letters of the following Artists, Statesmen
Jurists and Scholars accompanying it. ss
ARTISTS-Marchant and Elliott of New
York; Neagle, Rothermel, and Lambdin, Of
Philadelphia 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 ExceIlency MiIIard
Fillmore, Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, Hon
George M. Dallas, Hon. William r. King, Hon
Daniel Webster, Hon Linn Boyd, Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon. w. A. Graham, Hon. john. p. KeE-
nedy. Hon. R. c. Winthrop, LII, d.
JURISTS-Hon. Roger B.. fancy Hon.
John Duer, Hon. John Mclean, Hon. Rufus
Choate. f. E#
i SCHOLARS-Charles Folsom, Esq, the
well known Librarian of the Boston Atheneum
who says, Il would rather own t than any
painted copy | have ever seen )" R. ?. Whip
pie, Richard Hildreth, Hon. Edw Everett, Ii
d., Washington Irving. Ralph w. Emerson,
Esq, Prof. I. C. Upham, J. T. H.adley, Fitz
Green Halleck, H. W. Longfellow, Wm. Gil
more Smms.
FROM EURoPE-Lord Talfourd, T. B..
Macanley, Sir Archibald Alison, Lord Mayor
London, &c. &c. ttf
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 s. per copy.
Published by GEORGE w. CHILDS,
NV. cor. Fifth and Arch streets, Phiiad
J. D. BYERLY, Sole "A gent 81
for the States OF Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana.
This Portrait can only be obtained from MIR.
BYERLY, or from his duly authorised agents.
Arrangements have been made with the Post
Office Department, by which copies Of the Por-
trait can besent to any point, per mail, in per-
feet order.
70 Persons by renting Five Dollars to J.
D. BYERLY, New Orleans, win have a copy of
the Portrait sent to them free Of postage.
10 Magnificent Gilt Frames, got up ex-
pressly for these Portraits, furnished at the low
price Of So each. ESP t. aHsst
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