. The Tiernan and other families. ngton, did I not order the entrenchments tobe begun here ? If they are not begun in ten minutes,I shall know the reason why! In ten minutes therere two hundred men at work. The pre-eminent correctness of this Portrait of theFather of His Country, is proved by the followingtestimonials of his intimate contemporaries. Chief Justice Marshall said of it: I have never seen a Portrait of that great manwhich exhibited so perfect a resemblance of him. The likeness in features is striking, and thecharacter of the whole face is preserved and exhibitedwith wonderful accu
. The Tiernan and other families. ngton, did I not order the entrenchments tobe begun here ? If they are not begun in ten minutes,I shall know the reason why! In ten minutes therere two hundred men at work. The pre-eminent correctness of this Portrait of theFather of His Country, is proved by the followingtestimonials of his intimate contemporaries. Chief Justice Marshall said of it: I have never seen a Portrait of that great manwhich exhibited so perfect a resemblance of him. The likeness in features is striking, and thecharacter of the whole face is preserved and exhibitedwith wonderful accuracy. It is more WashingtonMniself than any portrait of him I have ever seen. Judge Thatcher, in a letter to Mr. Peale,says: It revives in my mind a pleasing recollection ofthat noble and expressive countenance and dignifiedpresence, which, during the Revolutionary War, I sooften contemplated with veneration and delight. The appearance of General Washington, whenmounted on his lofty steed, was inimitably majestic and 2 M ^ 9. 5 ^. TIEKNAN. 11 graceful, and your Equestrian Portrait, representinghim at Yorktown, is strikingly characteristic, and formsa spectacle peculiarly sublime and interesting. Mr. Charles Wilson Peale, the Father of Rem-brandt Peale, and one of the most distinguished Amer-ican Artists of his day, expressed his opinion thus: Notwithstanding the celebrity of the last Portraitby Stuart, and the success of my last Original, bothof which were painted in 1795, I feel assured that myson, after repeated attempts, during many years, hassucceeded in producing a Portrait of Washington thatsurpasses all others ; particularly his Equestrian Por-trait, which is the most perfect likeness of him I haveever seen, true in form, and fine in the expression ofhis countt-nance. The elegant walnut frame was made for it from atree grown upon the farm of Eobert Morris, the financierof the Eevolution. The painting was executed by the Artist, with thehope of placing it in the National
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