Show GREAT STATESMAN aa HE WAS portraits of washington have not done him justice napoleons cynical definition 0 ihl story as a lie agreed upon has i direct application to the general ac of a most inaccurate port rait of washington whatever th father of his country may have looked like he certainly did not resemble the popular stuart this rather startling assertion Is made by will laxa curtis taylor the text of an in te resting study tn the booklovers magazine his method of proof Is to secure a scientific confirmation of the agreements and comparative ef Ita cement of the disagreements of the original artists tor whom washing ton actually sat after a careful study of over engravings and a num ber of original paintings and various coins at the mint a final reference wae made to composite photography three applications being made the selections tor the several groupings were not arbitrary but were guided only by the point of view of the feat ures the resulting washington Is remarkable in its definiteness ot out line and lifelike appearance the re productions of the original paintings which accompany the article are very helpful in following mr taylors in te resting discussion of the individual conceptions of the different artists washington gave at least forty five sittings to over a score of aspirants besides posing tor several shadow sll hou etes how he regarded this tax on comfort he remarked in a letter to a friend I 1 am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil that I 1 am now altogether at their beck and sit like patience on a mow ment while they are delineating the lines of my face at first I 1 was as impatient at the request and as rest ive under the operation a colt Is ot the saddle now no dray moves more readily to the chilt thai I 1 to the painter a chair few distinguished of our day mr taylor asserts it they were painted by so many different artiete would show without variation in such a range of portraits the kindly pauses ol 01 character which are reflected rom the canvases that we have been con si dering we can no longer believe those historians who tell ua of the habitual stateliness and reserve ot washington when not on his dignity he must have been geniality itself |