Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...twenty-fifth anniversary in 1905, the class of 1880 arranged, as a part of its commemoration, to have a portrait of ex-President Roosevelt painted, and to present it to the University. The picture has been painted by Joseph Decamp of Boston, who also painted the portrait of the late Dean N. S. Shaler '62. During the life time of ex-President Roosevelt it will hang in the Union, but eventually will be transferred to Memorial Hall. The picture is now ready for delivery and will soon be placed in the Union...
...Zopf und Schwert" is a romance of court life in Berlin. The Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive a French master recommended to her by her brother, without the knowledge of anyone. The prince meanwhile has fallen desperately in love with the portrait of a princess whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. The latter is momentarily expected to arrive at Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, from whom the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the entire plan of the marriage is part of a trade between the two countries. This news...
...portrait of President Eliot by Charles Hopkinson '91, that has just been completed, has been hung at the east end of the Living Room of the Union, where it will remain for the next few days. The picture shows President Eliot seated at his desk with a pen in his hand. The figure is in full light while the rest of the picture forms a dark background of red and brown...
...College Library has received a very valuable and interesting early portrait of Chaucer, painted in oil on an oak panel, by bequest of the late Professor Charles Eliot Norton. The inscription on its back states that this picture was presented to Benjamin Dyke in 1803, at which time it had been preserved in the family of its donor, Miss Frances Lambert, for more than three centuries. In recent years, it has been known as the Seddon portrait. It was bought, after Mr. Seddon's death, by Mr. Fairfax Murray, who later sold it to Mr. James Loeb. Mr. Loeb presented...
...Seniors report in the transept of Memorial Hall to march into Sanders Thearte in a body. Seniors report at the Union afterwards for the unveiling of the portrait of Dean Shaler...