Excerpt from Portrait of Washington<br><br>Lawrence Lewis, the oldest Nephew of Washington, who most resembled him and was most with him, earnestly said to Major Wm. Jackson, on seeing this Portrait in the Artist's Painting Room, that It was the only Portrait of his uncle he would wish to look at a second time, but on this he could gaze continually! When Chief Justice Marshall, first saw it at the Capitol, he exclaimed, It seems as if I were looking at the living man l and recom mended the Artist to procure, in regard to this Portrait, the written testimonies of those who were intimate with Washington - himself commencing the example. This was accordingly done, to a limited extent, not as a Certificate, as has erroneously been asserted, but in letters, expres sive of the judgments they had already pronounced in public, and published during their lifetime.<br><br>Every one who personally knew Washington will claim the privilege, and will exercise the right of judging for himself; but all others will rely on the decision made by his Relatives, Friends, and Cotemporaries; nor can they reasonably withhold conviction from such force of evidence given by their own impulse, and each in his own peculiar language.<br><br>It is singular in the history of this Picture, and perhaps worthy of being recorded, that it was scarcely finished, when, from the reports of Judges Peters and Tilghman, during five days that the Artist's Room was open, no less than three thousand persons, without invitation or any public notice, crowded to see it - People who knew the Original in the Army, in Congress, in Church, or in business for him - Their universal approbation surprised and could not but gratify the Artist.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.