Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...painting of the late Professor James Bradley Thayer '52, has been hung in Austin Hall. The painting is the gift of his widow and children, and was copied by his daughter. Miss Dora Thayer, from the portrait by Mr. Simmons...
...Revolution." The other articles include a review of Scudder's "Life of Lowell;" "William Wetmore Story," an appreciation by Professor Charles Eliot Norton; "Convocation Week," by Professor C. S. Minot, and an obituary tribute, by Professor C. H. Toy, to the late Professor Joseph Henry Thayer. A portrait of Professor Thayer and photographs of the 1857, 1889, 1890 and McKean gates are the only illustrations...
...Colonial," by Allen French '94, is a typical historical novel from the beginning, with a miniature portrait of the heroine on the frontispiece, to the triumphant end. Its story, opening in the wild Indian country near the great lakes, is developed in colonial Boston during the early days of the Revolution. The great men of the day appear upon the scene, though he author has been singularly temperate in the parts which they are made to play. A love story of no great power runs through the book, but the most striking features depend upon the number and the depravity...
...portrait of Major Higginson was painted by Sargent during the summer, when the former was in London. As matters now stand the money received forms only about one-half of the sum required for both the portrait and the shield. A new committee will be appointed shortly and the work of collecting the remainder of the required sum will be begun...
About a month later, on January 19, the committee made it known that the primary object of raising the fund was to have a portrait of Major Higginson painted by Sargent, and expressed the hope that the amount raised would be sufficient for the portrait and also for a large Harvard shield to be set into the panelling above the Harvard fire-place. The canvassing of dormitories was begun and circulars were sent out to non-resident members, but it was found difficult to raise a sufficient sum for the entire enterprise...