Word: swiss
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Museum, comprising a representative selection of the real masterpieces of German architectural sculpture. A very valuable collection of reproductions of gold and silverwares from the beginning of the fifteenth to the end of the eighteenth century has been given by a committee of the citizens of Berlin. Moreover the Swiss government has notified the association of its intention to send the Museum a collection of casts of mediaeval German art in Switzerland. In addition to these gifts Professor Francke has made numerous purchases in Germany during the last year. The report goes on to state the present needs...
Professor Francke, who is now in Europe on leave of absence, has received a letter from the United States Minister at Berne, announcing that the Harvard Germanic Museum is to be given plaster casts of representative Swiss sculptures, copies of which are now being prepared at the National Museum, Zurick. These casts will be the gift of the Swiss federal council, and should make a valuable addition to the collection already contributed by Emperor William...
...scheme of the Museum is similar to that of several European museums among which are the Germanic Museum at Nuremburg, the Swiss Museum at Zurich, the Norse Museum at Copenhagen, and the Hotel de Cluny at Paris. "Models and reproductions (either plastic or photographic) of typical work illustrating Germanic life and character from the earliest times to the present day will naturally be the first acquisitions. From the beginning, however, it is proposed to secure originals also; weapons and costumes, implements and utensils, engravings, books, paintings, sculptures, and carvings of real value, artistically and historically...
...discharge of the case last Friday for want of jurisdiction, won the case for Chill and saved the Government nearly a million dollars. The Commission was composed of the Chilian Minister, who acted as Commissioner for Chili, Judge Gage of Michigan, who acted as United States Commissioner, and the Swiss Minister, the president of the board. This is the most important case with which they have had to deal. A full analysis of the case will be published in the next "Law Review...
...Chilian Claims commission. This Commission was established under a treaty, ratified last year, to dispose of eighteen claims left unsettled by the Commission of 1893. The Commission is composed of Judge Gage of Michigan, appointed by the United States; the Chilian minister in Washington appointed by Chile; and the Swiss minister in Washington, appointed by the President of the Swiss Republic...