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...Many additions have been received, among them being a painting attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli, given by Mr. E. W. Forbes '95; a copy by John Ruskin of a portion of the picture by Paolo Veronese of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, given by Professor C. E. Norton; a water-color drawing by J. M. W. Turner, purchased out of the Prichard fund; seventeen lead pencil drawings by Turner purchased from $1000 given by Mr. James Loeb '88, and a marble bust portrait of Professor C. E. Norton by Brenner, from the same donor; and a bronze medal in commemoration...
...marked contrast to this generous treatment and wide range of subjects, the Department of Fine Arts offers, and has for several years, but five regular courses. One of these is an elementary course in the rudiments of drawing and water-color. Two others cover the same ground and cannot therefore be counted towards a degree. It is then an actual fact that the entire history of painting, sculpture and architecture, ancient and modern, is covered by three courses! And, more-over, one of these, though it is disguised under the name of the "History of Landscape Painting," is really...
Line engravings after water-color drawings by M. W. Turner are now on exhibition in the print room of the Fogg Museum. They were selected by Francis Bullard '86, of Boston, from his own large collection, and loaned by him for this exhibition. The prints, 125 in number, are nearly all proofs, including some trial proofs touched by Turner. Examples of all the most important series are shown, as Richmondshire, England and Wales, Southern Coast, Rivers of France, etc. A printed catalogue of this exhibition, prepared by Mr. Bullard, is for sale at the Museum...
...Italian tempera pictures on panels: a "Madonna and Child" by the early Venetian master Bartolommeo Vivarini, and a "Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John," by Perellino, a follower of the Florentine master, Giuchi. A number of examples of the art of the early English school of water-color painters have also been placed upon exhibition...
...collection of water-color drawings now on exhibition in the Fogg Museum deserves to be brought more to the notice of the public. Two more examples on temporary loan have recently been added to the number placed on the screen in the upper room, forming an exhibition of Turner drawings hitherto unparalled in this country. The two new drawings are a study of breaking waves, lent by Mr. Edward Forbes '95, and "Tintagel" from the "Southern Coast" series, lent by Mr. Francis Bullard '86. The latter has been on temporary exhibition twice before. The others on view are: a very...