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THIS rich and valuable collection of engravings was bequeathed to the College by Francis C. Gray, LL.D., a graduate of 1809.
After graduation, Mr. Gray studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practised, turning his whole attention to literature and the fine arts.
He was a contributor to the North American Review and the author of several pamphlets. For some time he held the position of private secretary to John Quincy Adams, and was in Russia with him in that capacity.
This, and subsequent visits to all parts of Europe, developed in him an intense love for art, and he devoted all the energies of his cultivated mind to its study. The result of this was the gradual acquisition of this magnificent collection of over five thousand engravings and a valuable...