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Curator Dr. King, stating that it is a present of wh. full information has 
been given me, I will present it in your name at the next stated meeting. 
I am authorized to express to you the thanks of the Institute for so inter- 
esting a donation & to assure you that your wishes in respect to it shall be 
executed. 
Unless forbidden by you Mr. Gales will give publicity to your letter in 
the columns of the Intelligencer. 
I am dear sir, with great respect, yr very obt. svt., 
F. Markoe, jr. 
Corr. Secy. N. I. 
PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS, AND MON- 
ROE. By Gilbert Stuart. 
According to the diary of J ohn Varden, custodian, these pictures 
were received at the Institute on July 15, 1857. They are also 
mentioned in Hunter’s catalogue, edition of 1859, p. 36. 
FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON. By Thomas 
Sully. 
This portrait was received at the National Institute June 24, 
1857. 
PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON in the Uniform of a Major 
General, U. S. Army. By R. E. W. Earl. 
Donated by Major William H. Chase, U. S. Engineers, 1844. 
This painting bears the signature of the artist as above and the 
date 1836. He may possibly have been the Ralph Earle who 
married a niece of Andrew Jackson, and was for a time a mem- 
ber of the President’s household in Washinton. It is recorded 
that he painted a portrait of the President. The picture is 
now in the National Museum. It measures 35K inches high and 
27^4 inches wide. The letter of presentation is as follows: 
To Francis Markoe, Jr., Esquire, 
Corr. Secretary of the National Institution at Washington. 
Sir: I have the honor to offer for the acceptance of the Institution, a 
portrait, painted by Earl, of the ex President Jackson. 
This portrait was taken in the last year of the President’s administration. 
He appears in the uniform of a Major General of the Army, and which, by 
the President’s order to the army some years previously, was made to cor- 
respond with that worn by the Generals of the Revolution. 
The painting (though not a specimen of excellence in the art is tolerable, 
and) is expressive of the character of the distinguished original. Intellect 
of a superior order is strongly exhibited, in which judgment and firmness 
