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...beautiful and well chosen collection of Japanese prints given by Dr. Denman W. Ross of the class of '75; and a few other good examples of the art of the east, including the remarkable Cambodian head which would hold its own in any gallery in the world; and the Wetzel collection. Harvey E. Wetzel, of the class of 1911, arranged his collection, composed principally of Persian, Japanese, and Chinese works of art, in one of the rooms on the ground floor, just before he volunteered to go to Europe in the service of the Red Cross, where he died...
This picture was formerly in the Noel Valois collection and was purchased for the Museum from the bequest of Mr. Hervey Edward Wetzel '11, who died in France in October, 1918, while serving with the American Red Cross...
Lieut. Harvey E. Wetzel...
Although modestly worded, this is probably the most important single gift that the Fogg Museum has ever received, for the bequest also include half of Mr. Wetzel's notable collection of the art of the near East and Orient. Another advantage is the fact that the principal of the gift may be expended as well as the interest...
...Hervey Wetzel died of pneumonia on October 17, 1918, at the Red Cross Hospital at Neuilly, France, where he had been serving as a Red Cross executive. Throughout his life he had devoted himself to the cause of art, being particularly distinguished for his Oriental collections. Just previous to the war he was for a while Curator of Persian and Mohammedan Art at the Boston Art Museum...