Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three-quarter length portrait of Dr. McCosh, the work of John White Alexander, will be exhibited at the National Academy this spring...
...life-size portrait, painted by Hubert Herkomer, which was exhibited in London last year, is now on view in the Allston room at the Museum of Fine Arts. The portrait is spoken of as being admirably painted and carefully studied. - "Globe...
...upon the south side of the chapel will soon be filled. The painting will be upon canvas, mounted on a movable stretcher, and will, undoubtedly, be finer than any of those which at present adorn the walls of King Chapel. Mr. Frederic Vinton, of Boston, one of the finest portrait painters in the country, will be the artist. The subject selected is "Adam and Eve," by Flandrin, one of the decorations in the church of Saint Germain des Pres, Paris. The original is regarded as exceptionally fine, and the treatment is said to be so masterly that one may there...
There is a very fine portrait of the late Horatio Seymour in the last Harper's Weekly...
Though the extract from the Boston Transcript which we print on another page may be somewhat overdrawn, yet it cannot be denied that it contains a pretty accurate portrait of many a character to be met in college society. Whether the "clever" man be a desirable product of college education or not, it must be admitted that he is a constantly increasing quantity in our midst. But, after all, if all possessors of a degree cannot be profound, it is much better that some of them should be only "clever," rather than that the ranks of our alumni should...