Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Arrangements have been made at Pach's for all seniors from Abbe to Ford, inclusive, to sit this week for their pictures. The list includes L. S. S. men and past members of the class. Any man who cannot sit this week should send word at once to W. H. Reed, 10 Thayer Hall. Per order...
...March, 1773, Romney set out for Italy and spent two years in studying the galleries of Rome and Venice. On his return to London Romney rented a fine house in Cavendish Square. The Duke of Richmond came to sit for his portrait. The picture was a brilliant success and in twenty years Romney was the acknowleged rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds. In 1782 his friend Charles Greville brought Emma Hart, afterwards Lady Hamilton, to sit for her portrait. Of this famous woman Romney painted not less than twenty-three portraits in various poses. His picture of her as a spinner...
...account of the burning of Pach's studio in New York and the destruction of the negatives it will be necessary for all men who have had their class pictures taken to sit again. Such men should make appointments at once. The committee will in a few days divide the class into sections and appoint times for sittings, but all men who can possibly do so are urgently requested to sit before then, as it is of great importance that there should be no further delay...
...recent fire in Pach's photographic studio in New York the negatives of all the seniors who have already sat for their photographs were destroyed, and they will consequently have to sit again. The exact amount of the damage to the rest of Pach's plates is not known yet, but it is thought that the larger group pictures of teams and societies were saved...
...privilege," said Mr. Potts, "to sit beside him for a little space during the waning summer days, to grasp for the last time the gentle hand, to bear his final greeting to his friends. But as the door closed between us, though it closed forever upon the visible presence, it left impressed upon the heart an ideal image, destined to grow forever more majestic and alike more tender as it approached more closely to the real...