Rare Art Treasures Added to Metropolitan Museum
The December Bulletin notes major acquisitions including Italian paintings, Roman antiquities, and a fine collection of drawings and sculpture. Five architectural fragments from Trajan's Forum, donated by J Pierpont Morgan, are displayed in the new acquisitions room. Additional highlights include Parmesans by Paola and a Madonna and Child attributed to Pisanello, with loans from Samuel P. Avery and Theodore P. Davis among others.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Forum of
Trajan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Forum
Capitoline
Quirinal
Basilica Ulpia
Ulpia
Bulletin
Giovanni di 'Alla
Metropolitan
Pesellino
G. Brauer
Paola
Roger Fry
Palmieri
Giovanni
Siena
Fra Angelico
Accademia
Florence
Baron Lazzaroni
Pisanello
The
Fry
Stefano da Zevio
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Samuel P. Avery
Sybil
Rembrandt
Theodore P. Davis
Claude Monet
Isabel
Mary Appleton
Turner
Raphael
Watteau
Richard Wilson
Alexander Cozens
Jan van Goyen
Piranesi
Tobias
Sara
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Art Association of Montreal
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Paul Chevallier
John H. Buck
Carnegie Library of Pittsburg
Francis M. Galpin
Martinus Nyhoff
Leonard E. Opdycke
Luigi Roversi
Daniel A. Huebsch
R. Pinacoteca di Brera
Milano
Italy
Spencer's Will Filed For Southern Railway President
The will of Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway Company, was admitted to probate in Washington on December 7. Executed in New York City July 27, 1906, the estate provides the widow Louisa Vivian Spencer with personal property, the Tuxedo Park residence or New York City home, life use of a residence, and a remaining estate divided among Mrs. Spencer, a life trust for her, and the children. Heirs listed are Louisa V. Spencer, Henry B. Spencer, Verona Spencer Laying, and Vivian Spencer.
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Washington
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
New York City
Louisa Vivian Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Louisa V. Spencer
Henry B. Spencer
Verona Spencer
Vivian Spencer
Bayonne Tax Assessments Stir Up Democratic Backers
Bayonne residents flock to City Hall to denounce property assessments by Assessor Hugh Colville with increases claimed up to 100 percent on vacant lots and notable protests by former Dem officials including ex-Tax Assessor Daniel Murray and ex-Chief Thomas Magner. The County Tax Commissioners reviewed disputed valuations as owners press for relief and debate over Henry George style taxation.
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Bayonne
Hugh Colville
Messrs. Allardice, Connelly
Guisto
Colville
Henry George
Daniel J. Murray
Avenue C
Murray
Thomas Magner
Garven
Magner
International Tin Company
W. H. Gantz
Newark Bay
Gantz
Commissioners of Tax Appeals
New York
Penell
Pens
Honorable
Board of Appeals
Louis N. Creignton
Dooley Comments on International Marriages in Times Ad
A fragment references Mr Dooley in the Sunday Times and urges readers to order the Sunday Times today, noting it cannot be purchased on the stand. The Sioux City reports are cited as context.
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Sioux City
Dooley
Times
Sunday Times
Adv
Equal Suffragists Plan Clubhouse and Headquarters
The Equal Suffrage League of the City of New York voted to establish a women only clubhouse and headquarters in the city. Funds will be raised by public subscription and higher dues to support the project, with possible honor given to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Memorial meeting followed for Stanton with speeches from English and American suffragists.
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Equal Suffrage League
City of New York
Hotel Astor
League
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
England
House of Commons
Pardon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lady Cook
Tennie Co. Claflin
Theodore Stanton
Paris
London
America
Margaret Stanton Lawrence
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Broadway
31St St
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Institute
West 34Th St
New York League
Subscribe—Memorial Meeting
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Nora . Stanton Bilatch
Board of ‘Water Commissioners
Vitis
L. Dougl
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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