Word: screens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After throwing upon the screen some beautiful interior views of the Ducal Palac, the lecturer went on to the description of the Grand Canal, lined with noble palaces on either side, which have now been desecrated by being converted into mere ware-houses. A few more views of a general nature closed the exhibition. It is to be regretted that some of the views were so in distinctinctly taken, as the injudicious "restorations" which are now going on will destroy many of the beauties which should be preserved by this means...
...that it has been definitely settled that the remaining lectures of the Historical Society course are to be delivered in Sanders Theatre, we should like to suggest the use of the stereopticon for producing maps of the desired size. If it is possible to obtain or construct a proper screen the rest of the undertaking ought to be easy. The desired maps can be easily photographed. The negatives thus formed make the lantern slides. A lantern, or more than one, is in the possession of the college, and there are men here who know...
Those who sit near the entrance at the lower end of Memorial Hall, are made exceedingly uncomfortable by the cold draught whenever the door is opened. Could not one large screen be placed close to the door and directly in front of it, on each side of which one could enter. The present small screens are of no use whatever...
...Tower, lately restored and furnished throughout by Sir Gilbert Scott, the mist renowned restorator in England. To the right of these towers stands the chapel, a beautiful specimen of architecture, with its fine entrance porch covered with ivy. The interior, although fine, is not striking; the elaborately carved screen dividing it into two parts spoiling the symmetry of the aisles, while the stained glass windows are not particularly rich, most of the original glass having been broken by the Roundheads during the parliamentary wars. The organ is an excellent instrument and the Magdalen choir is one of the best...
...part of the partition in the auditor's room of Memorial Hall is now in place. It is made of ash to match the dado, with a top of black walnut. A gilded, open-work screen extending around the whole length will make the total height of the partition six and one-half feet...