Word: extant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with the same veneration that philosophers accord Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and poets, Homer, Sophocles, Virgil. It was of great moment to them, therefore, when Sir Joseph Duveen, art dealer of England, announced purchase for $3,000,000 of the famed Benson collection, which, better than any other private collection extant, traces the history and spirit of early painting in Italy. Robert H. Benson is head of a potent, English banking house which bears his name. With the assistance of his wife, who is related to the late Sir George Lindsay Holford, another owner of famed Italian masterpieces, he indulged...
...painting will be of especial interest in connection with the exhibit of an original painting by Pollaiuolo in the Museum. This is one of the seven extant drawings by the Italian master of the 15th century...
...writing,* and knowing that his newspaper (New York Herald Tribune) would be indulgent, and also knowing a quaint topic when he sees one, Mark Sullivan frankly substituted for political trivia a discussion and some queries about a U. S. institution called McGuffey's Readers. Were they still extant? If not, when had they died...
Clarence C. Pell, U. S. amateur champion, with partner Hewitt Morgan (TIME, March 7), swept through to the finals in the amateur doubles championship at the Queen's Club, London. Mr. Pell again gave evidence of being the finest individual player extant; the British finalists, Messrs. Kempwelch and Cambridge centred their attack upon Mr. Morgan; the U. S. pair lost...
...rarest feature of the exhibition is two leaves from an ancient Latin grammar, one of the first text books printed in England. The only other remnants of this early edition known to be extant, are two similar leaves now in the keeping of the British Museum...