Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-01-20

JUST PUBLISHED,
r. B. WELCH'S yM4GNIFTCE.NT
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.

PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
Engraved (by permission) from Stuarts only orr
ginal portrait, in the Atheneum, Boston.
lrENHIS superb picture, Engraved under the SUI
Il perintendence of THOMAS SULLY, ESQ., the
eminent and highly gifted artist, is the only
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, refer to the letters of the adopted son
Of Washington, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK Gus
IT'S, who says, s'it is faithful representation of
the celebrated original - and to CHEF 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 1t: and IT
is no less happy in its likeness to the Father of
his 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 well the form and features of the
face And says SENATOR CAss, it is a tDe-like
representation Of the great original. PRESIDENT
FILLMORE says, "the work appears to me to have
been admirably executed and eminently 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
achoe individuality of the original portrait, togeth
with the noble and dignifed repose of air and
MANNER which all who ever saw him considered
marked Characteristic of the illustrious man it
commentaries.
For the great merits of this picture arouM refer
every orer Of Washington to TIE portrait itself, to be
seen at the office Of this paper and to the letters Of the
fotoacing 4rtists Statesmen, Jrists and Scholars
conpanying 1t.
ARTISTS. -Marchant and Elliott of New
York. Neagle, Rothermel, and Lambdin, of Phila-
deIpha; 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. STATESMEN-His Excellency
Willard Fillmore, Major General Winfield Scott,
Hon George NJ Dallas, Hon William King, Hon
Daniel Webster, Hon Linn Boyd, Hon Lewis
Cass, Hon William Graham. Hon John p Ken
nedy, 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, 81 would rather
own it than any painted copy have ever seen; :
IE P Whipple, Richard Hildreth, Hon Edward
Everett, liz D., Jared Sparks Ii. D., William
H Prescott, LII. D., Washington Irving. Ralph
w Emerson, Esq, Prof Il G Upham, ] Il Head
lev, Fitz Green Haeck, H. w. Longfellow, VIM
Gilmore Simms; and FROM EUROPE, Lord
Talford, II 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.
To enable all to possess this valuable treasure.
it is sold at the low price of SIS 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 mall in perfect
order.
zIsPersons by RENTING FIVE DOLLARS to A.
BURNETT, 140 Baltimore Street, Baltimore
will have copy of the Partrait sent to them free
! zLsNagnifcent Gilt Frames, got up expressly
for these Portraits, furnished at the low price OF
SIS 90 each.