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...official of the Metropolitan for $3,000, and "not worth a sou." (The Metropolitan contains only one della Robbia?a terra cotta bas-relief entitled Prudence, bought in 1921 under the bequest of Joseph Pulitzer.) 2) A 15th Century statue of St. Paul, sold to Assistant Curator Breck, of the Metropolitan, for $3,000. 3) A bas-relief group, Les Lansquenets (a former type of German footsoldier; the figures were called "devils" by the people of Contrisson, where the owner lived), to which it is alleged Demotte added new figures before he sold it to the Louvre. 4) Two capitals...
...This building was given by Harriet Otis Cruft, of Boston, in memory of her brothers, graduates of Harvard College, Edward Cruft, Jr., 1831--William Smith Cruft, 1834--Samuel Breck Cruft, 1836--James Jackson Cruft...
...jury which made the selections and which will make the final award soon after May 29, when the competition ends, consists of the following: Professor J. S. Pray '95, of the University, chairman; Professor Bryant Fleming, of Cornell; Mr. Ferruccio Vitale, of New York; Mr. Breck Trowbridge, of New York; Mr. George W. Breck, of New York; Mr. James E. Fraser, of New York.4...
...Samuel Breck Cruft, Class...
There are moments when it is a little doubtful just what the author intends: even for a newspaper man Breck seems unduly credulous about the price of broken-down buggies and the efficacy of cocktails as cow-medicine, and the farmers in their twin make-up suggest vaudeville. But, farce or comedy, it is always entertaining and the characters are people whom one is glad to have met whichever way one takes them...