Evening star., 1915-02-21


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Washington wrote i'm his cordial lot
ter To the sculptor. 1t VIII give 'l'''
pleasure. S'f. 70 rls".'.', M, ,., s"N -, -
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TO Norr ruvnoscs. or convenient %
agreeable to Nour wishes. YOU mus
freely command li'il'"t Ion ION
th,,e,s ybich 7 shall he found de
fcieut. either upon your arrival o.
during your stay.
The Two wecNS Spe''t 10y , nc al ar ',S' =
~. ,,,o,;ai of ,Hash.nston.s head and
peTfectinw several casts to enable him
10 complete his work ~ Paris. HIS
acouafntanre with tIte generals man
ners and dress helped him IN accom-
plishing as perfect resemblance OF
his subject aS could be made IN marble.
The fact that tn" American was rep
resented in his usual attire was COM
mented upon by jefferson. who wrot"
that it was pleasure TO him TO fnd
that he tWashincton) approved OF the
modern dress for the statue. as such a
stvle was in favor with West cople;.
Trumhull and Brown. all OF whom Were
London artists
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was lot Slat press ""o "'""e ~"
matlcatly correct proiHe which i"i
nishes the authority for the proper
flows of ,be suhiect.s features
or IN ;,,.s go a,h,o,.oa mar.
va an P"'''''9' ' 70"
than Gilbert stuart. VINO, II rs generally
agreed. has given to the world the best
likeness of the man Stuart's success
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was pfooa"'. "ue TO t"e ,A0' ''i"' ne
kept HIS SUBJECT lTOifl stll-CoHetAtue
ness by entertaining him. In the two
originals of this artist and in the
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ieit "oo'e per tSoilii'caeioii vi "isooH'
and serenity TO the American people In
the person of the first President of the
nation
In color and finish as well as in life
like resemblance of features. no Wash
inetonian artist has approached him Az
the time OF the stuart sitting Wash
ington's mouth appeared rather unnat-
urai on account OF two new seahorse
ivory front teeth which substituted for
the generals own The failure OF the
first portrait, which was destroyed, was
proba bly trac.;,b ble 10 this fact
The Stuart picture of Washington
s+andi,. ,ui,h q Suord in ,,,s laft band
vas made EXPRESSLY for the Narouis NJ
I.ansdowne. Who was SO delighted with
Tho ranras tbat he decla red il u,.s owl,
~ .i,,ancaI t.a,rs 1,hicb ,,r.y.n,aS 80
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90, 80 aifoy.tn1s ,bis ,,irture 60 -.
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a1,hou.b several co,ies oe ,bis main.
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- ~ vTbita Ho,,,.. 80, i,,,., ,,,,Rrsitiars
a.! tAe " - ~. i - .i.7. 60
is ,ba r,,ori, of an ohscur.. artis, H.
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@ ai san ii' s'N i'iie't Pu''hA'eu
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Ahotiier !htefcSlInS iact ABOUT inns
pe'uIe - t"ht ou' lh6 nne Ulie "heh
,ns i,i t.Sh Metc ~ "%shlhstoi IN
lSI' IL saoou -, out III ~, iH'.ieil.ht "ea'het
lor several DAYS ms was because the
man 10 Whom IL was lntrusted was
AFRAID TO keep II IN ms mousse Tor Tear
OF beng punished by EnSllsh INVADERS
AS stuart did not excel IN represent
ing Washington ngure, this picture
docs not meet all the requirements OF
A good painting The hand is said TO
be too smali. as Stuart used the wax
model of his own hand IN making the
picture.
StuartS famous " ashinSton portrait,