WASHINGTON IN l772-ETATTs 40.
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DROPOSALS, for publishing by subserip- II ton, LIKENESS of Gen. Washington. as Col. COmmandant of the Provincial For ces of his Britannic Majesty, in the Colony of Virginia. Painted by 4. DickiMSOa, from the original picture by c. v. Pe0Ie, painted ac Mount Vernon in 1772, and now ai Arlington House, the seat of c. w. P. Custis, Esq.

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

 Copy of He Certifcate.

 "I certify, that the painting of WAsHTNoroR in I eTeeT,sd eca y hn;on Dic1sOn Es from .hs fnl resemblance of the original the only original of

 . [signedl GEORGE ": P. CUsTIs.

 ArlingtO" HOHse, July ls, IsSO."

 Note.-SpeakingO of this picture, MT. 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 PeaEe was painted in I77s, full size and three quarters length represents the P Provincial Colonel in the Colonial uniform, blue with scarlet facings, silver lace, and scar let under-eIothes, with sash and gorget, fnsee, and the hat usually called the Wolfe hat, which, from it's 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 countenance open and man. ly, the mild blue eye. the whole bespeaking intelligence, the dominion of lofty feelings, and the passions at resi-"

 n5~The public are invited to view the above painting. with other specimens, at Mr. Dick inson's Painting Room, in LitchReld, first door east of the Court House.

 Litchfeld, Oct. 5, 1881 4ti7