Show nobody imagines fur for a moment that washington the most modest tit of nien men as far ns as he was concerned wished to be shown to remote ages other than lie he was there can be no doubt no however wever that stuart want ed to give an idea of his true dignity and character ahn racier even if hl hi had bad to sacrifice alfi e strict fidelity to veracity in doing so in this he succeeded since then everybody has been satisfied that St stuarts canvases represented the real dmn jun even if they varied from the physical in certain details that Is why stuarts portrait was selected for our bills and postage stamps |