Word: portraited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unflagging energy and untiring industry distinguishing him even in his advanced years. These are the salient facts in the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes '61 scholar, historian, lawyer, professor, judge, "dean of American jurists," in whose honor the current issue of the Harvard Law Review is written.The Hopkinson portrait of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes '61 which was presented to the Law School last year and is now hanging in Langdell Hall. The Harvard Law Review is today issuing its regular number which is dedicated to Mr. Justice Holmes in honor of his ninetieth birthday, which he celebrated last Sunday...
...history?" There have been numerous occasions when our government has been magnanimous enough to express regret over international unpleasantness. Reference to any secondary school textbook would provide many such instances but I would like to mention that Daniel Webster apologized to Spain for the defacing of a portrait of Queen Isabella in New Orleans and that Seward, upon the advice of Lincoln and Sumner, made a similar gracious gesture to England in the "Trent Affair." Possibly these two secretaries of state could claim a 5? rating in our history...
Probably the best known painting in the collection is the "Portrait of an Old Man," ascribed to Rembrandt, which hung for over a hundred years in the palace of the Duke of Oldenburg, whose collection was partially dispersed after the war. It is known to have been there as early as 1823. It is a powerful work in an excellent state of preservation. The cool tones of the background, the definite outline, and comparatively smooth handling would all tend to place it in Rembrandt's early years...
...Portrait of a Preacher" by Fanz Hals, dating from his middle period, and signed with the painter's monogram, was first published two years ago by Dr. Valentiner. A seal on the back indicates that it was formerly in the collection of King Stanislas, the last King of Poland, who died in 1790. It had been lost sight of entirely until its recent appearance...
...Other paintings of importance in the bequest, not shown here, are the "Portrait of a Lady," attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, and a small canvas of EI Grceo's, "Christ Driving the Money-Changers From the Temples," a favorite subject, of which there are at least nine versions, by the painter or his immediate followers, three others being now in America. There is also a large Flemish tapestry, dating from about...