Word: golds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loss of an artist. The few of his paintings, about 40, which were not destroyed, remained obscure until 1871 when they came to the attention of one Thore-Burger, an intelligent connoisseur. Noting the brilliant detail, the warm true precision, the clear light which was poured into them like gold, he brought the paintings of Jan Vermeer to public attention by buying many of them for himself...
...musician touched the strings of the golden harp which was decorated with lapis lazuli shells. A dozen young ladies of the harem lay on their backs in two parallel rows; they were dressed alike, with fascinating headbands, large earrings of gold, veils held in place by slender copper pins. Guardsmen stood at attention. In the offing was the great king's chariot, drawn by two asses. Grooms held the reins; another flunky was in attendance. Gaming boards with dice, copper bowls, tumblers, and other diversions awaited His Majesty. But he was nowhere to be seen. It did not matter...
These and other matters concerning the life and times of the King of Ur were announced last week by C. Leonard Woolley, director of the joint expedition of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum. The finding of the gold head of the harp led the diggers to the grave...
...contents were in confusion, hinting that some ancient thieves had been at work. Be that as it may, Mr. Carter discovered much that would quicken the pulse of any archaeologist: a bed, probably belonging to King Tut's Queen, supported by strange elongated lions bristling with beaten gold; several large picnic baskets filled with perfectly preserved dates; an ostrich feather fan, chiseled alabaster vases, ushabiti (statuettes religiously reputed to perform menial tasks for the dead). King Tut, as everyone knows, was buried some time before...
...younger brothers of Cinderella are so frequently found and fitted with a slipper of gold instead of glass, that the tale has lost its edge. Yet, last week, Wall Street men perused with interest the news that 36 year-old Robert Livingston Clarkson had been elected president of the second largest U. S. national bank, the Chase National,* in Manhattan. He had, they learned with no surprise, begun his financial career by functioning as a runner for $4 weekly. Furnished by newssheets only with this familiar detail, some wondered what filled in the enormous gap; a gap that for many...