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A gift of $100,000 has been left to the University in the will of Hervey Edward Wetzel '11 of Detroit, Michigan. This is to be expended "for a few important works of art for the Fogg Museum," under the direction of three members of the Department of Fine Arts;--Edward W. Forbes '95, Dr. Denman W. Ross '75, and Arthur Pope '01.
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.
Distinguished Collector of Art.
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.
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