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Little is known about Birkner other than that he was born in Bayreuth in 1582. He was commissioned by Casimir to do eight designs for the baptismal font at the city church in Bayreuth, and between 1616 and 1630 he completed 24 oils that are now in the Coburg art collection. He painted a portrait of himself as a rifleman, and also one of the duke. But the hunting book was his most important work. He very likely sketched from life, since he often portrays himself sitting in a corner of the picture, sketch pad in hand...
...choses etant ce qu'elles sont, les hommes sont ce qu'ils font...
...February 27, Font submitted his request for discharge from the Army, declaring that although he was not a "total pacifist." he could no longer "contribute to wanton destruction of life" as an army officer...
...Font received no reply from his Army superiors until Friday, when he was called out of class by the commanding officer of Harvard's ROTC, Col. Milton S. Hochmuth, who informed him that the Army had terminated his contract at Harvard and was ordering him to report to Fort Meade...
...Font, a 1968 graduate of West Point, said he began to doubt the morality of the war in his senior year. During his years in Cambridge, he said, he became more and more concerned with...