Word: portrait
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ideal statue portrait of John Harvard, lately modeled by Mr. French, of Concord, shows him in the gown and flat cap of an English university undergraduates...
...dollars for each of five lines of information about John Harvard in England. There is necessarily much that is unsatisfactory in a wholly idealized representation by art of an historical person of whose form, features and lineaments there are no certifications. It is hardly to be expected that any portrait of Harvard will be recovered, if any such exists. A symbol eminently appropriate for adorning the pedestal of the proposed statue may be found in putting side by side the seal of Emanuel College, and that most felicitously chosen of all like devices, the three open books and the verities...
...years ago with the one just built. In the course of his speech Dr. Holmes made many humorous hits which were loudly applauded. At the conclusion of Dr. Holmes' remarks, Dr. Minot, in the name of the alumni and students of the college, presented the medical faculty with a portrait of Dr. Holmes, painted by Mr. F. P. Vinton. Then Dr. Green, in behalf of the donors, presented a bust of Prof. Henry J. Bigelow. "The list of subscribers comprises about fifty names, and includes nearly all the surgeons of the two great hospitals in this city; sever 4 gentlemen...
...relatives of the late Professor Phelps of Smith College, Northampton, express their intention of giving his library as a memorial to the college and measures have been taken by the alumni to obtain a portrait to go with...
...hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Harvard Medical School, and the dedication of its new building will take place on Wednesday, October 17. The programme for the occasion is as follows : Address by the President of the University. Oration by Emeritus Professor Oliver Wendell Holmes. Presentation of a portrait of Professor Holmes and a bust of Professor Henry J. Bigelow. Prayer by Rev. A. P. Peabody. D. D. Dedication of the new building. Boylston street, to the purposes of medical instruction. Reception of subscribers to the building fund, and invited guests by the medical faculty. Exhibition of the building...