Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Drake, I'm George W. Blank and as a result of painstaking investigations I am convinced that you are a relative of the great Sir Francis Drake. I believe that you have a just claim to the spoils which Sir Francis accumulated through privateering operations in the 16th Century and which are held in trust in England, awaiting the appearance of rightful heirs...
...plans for a new building had already been made. More to the point, the money was already in hand, a legacy from Stephen Salisbury III. Director Taylor concentrated on building up his museum's collection. On view last week were a portrait of Diane de Poitiers by 16th Century null Clouet; a fine El Greco; a pair of portraits by Britain's great William Hogarth; a gallery of U. S. primitive art from Worcester County; another containing excellent examples of George Inness, Winslow Homer, Albert Ryder, Ralph Blakelock. Specially borrowed for the opening was Josef Stransky...
...taxes." It was as an Illinois rustic rather than as a smart financial mind of Washington that he was swindled out of $7,500 on worthless stock by two New York slickers (TIME, Dec. 5)* In Washington the Raineys live in a small apartment on 16th Street. She works around his Capitol office, reads the Congressional Record for him, has been on the House payroll for $208.33 per month as his secretary. On Saturdays they answer the accumulated mail of the week, go calling on Sundays. Politician Rainey- With his shock of white hair, his fine head, his ruddy complexion...
There was frost in the air last week but spring in the heart of Luigi Pinto, fruit dealer of No. 1827 South 16th St., Philadelphia. His three boys, Salvatore, 27; Angelo, 24; Biagio, 20, the apples of his fruit dealer's eye, were holding their first joint art exhibition at Philadelphia's swank Mellon Galleries. The exhibition opened with an announcement for which most modern artists would give four sound teeth: four of the Pinto Brothers' paintings have been sold to Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the Argyrol tycoon with the big modern art museum in Merion...
Among the earlier cuts are a few from the 16th century by Durer and Holbein. The work of Durer is represented by the "St. Michael" from the "Apocalypse" series and by two examples from the "Life of the Virgin" series. Holbein is represented by a series of cuts called "The Dance of Death." The Fogg Museum is the possessor of one of the six known complete sets of the proofs of this series. There is also an exhibition a first edition of Holbein's book, "Los Simulachres at Histories Faces do la Mort," which is lent to the museum...