WASHINGTON IN 1772--ETATIs 40.
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DROPOSALS. for publishing by subseFlp- I ton, a LIKENESS of Gen. Washington. as Col. Commandant of the Provincial For ces of his Britannic Majesty, tn the Colony Of Virginia. Painted by 4. Dickinson, from the original picture by o. W. Pe0Ie, painted at Mount Vernon in 1772, and now at Arlington House, the seat of c. w. F. Custis, Esq.

 The picture to be engraved by first rate artist, on steel. proof impressions, one dollar.

 Copy ef tke Certifeote.

 "I certify, that ,Ie painting of WAsHINGToN in I772, executed by AnsOn Dickinson, Esq from the original picture by Peale in my possession, is faSh ai resemblance of the original the only original of the Pa.er Patri@, prior to the revolution. ,,sr,S

 [Signed] GEORGE W:P. CUSTIS.

 "ArlingtOn House, July ls, lSSO."

 Nole-Speaking of this picture, Mr. Elliot. in his History of the District of Columbia, says-"The most ancient, and the only one extant of the hero at that time of day, is the work of the elder Peale was painted in l77S. full size and three quarters length; FepreseDtS the Provincial Colonelin the Colonial uniform, blue with scarlet facings, silver lace, and scar let under-clothes, with sash and gorget, fusee, and the hat usually called the Wolfe hat, which, from its size and shape, must have been better suited for service in forest warfare than would be the chapeaus of modern times.

 "This is fine expressive figure, and said by his contemporaries to be Washington in the prime of life the countenancc open and man- ly. the mild blue eye, the whole. bespeaking intelligence, the dominion of lofty feelings, and the passions at rest"

 OPThe public are invited to view the above painting, with other specimens, at Mr. Dick inson's Painting Room, in Litchfeld, first door east of the Court House.

 Litckfeld, Oct. 5, 1881 4tl7