Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college officers of the last half century or more, such men as Felton, Palfrey, Kirkland, Clarke, Hedge and Norton, besides many less well known. It is rich in characterization and anecdote and reminiscence, and will be treasured by all Harvard men, students or graduates. The frontispiece is a portrait of the gentle scholar, Dr. Peabody. The book will be brought out by Ticknor and Co. this month.- Boston Gazette...
...being one of the "immortal eight;" and long ago he was welcomed into all the less exclusive bodies of European savants. He has served the American Academy of Arts and Science as its president, and has presided over the American Association for the advancement of science. In 1884 his portrait, made in bronze, was presented to Harvard College. No tablet of bronze will be necessary to perpetuate the scientific fame of Asa Gray. It is well, however, that generations of scholars yet unborn may thus be able to gaze upon the gentle features of a man whom...
...Weed's wonderful experience in France at a critical period during our Civil war is charmingly told. The writer's simple and easy style only serves to add interest to the subject. A facsimile of one of President Lincoln's letters accompanies this valuable paper, and an admirable portrait of Mr. Weed is the frontispiece. The second contribution to the number is an article on "Canada: Reciprocity or Commercial Union," by Dr. Prosper Bender, and is calculated to attract popular attention...
...Masonic Fair in New York, the oil portrait of Charles Dickens to be given by vote to the most popular newspaper was awarded to Town Topics. What taste the Masons have...
...work, and in spite of his endeavors to throw off his prejudices, his hand can always be recognized, and the final result is never satisfactory. A writer who is thoroughly unprejudiced is yet to be found, but photography has given us a means by which a typical portrait of a number of individuals can readily be arrived at. A negative of each person is taken separately; these are then all photographed or combined upon one plate, and from this the picture is transferred to paper. As the images of the faces of each individual are exactly timed, so they have...