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...March 10, 1914 one May Richardson, famed militant suffraget, strode masterfully into the National Gallery, ad- vanced grimly upon a beautiful Venus by Velasquez. It was known as the Rokeby Venus because it had hung for generations in Rokeby Hall, Yorkshire, was purchased by the nation in 1905 for $225,000. March 1914 was the height of the suffraget agitation in Britain: ladies were chaining themselves to the railings of the Houses of Parliament, shouting themselves hoarse on street corners, smashing windows on Bond Street. Suffraget May Richardson had already distinguished herself by setting fire to the Countess of Carlisle...
...damage irreparable. In the Ryks Museum itself, The Night Watch, perhaps Rembrandt's greatest picture, had a small hole torn in it several years ago. But the most famed cases of art vandalism occurred in the staid British Museum and National Gallery, concerned the Portland Vase and Rokeby Venus...
...wear "foundation garments" of which his firm is one of the biggest makers. His enthusiasm was justified, for Associated sales during the year ended Nov. 30, 1930 exceeded $15,000,000, making a new record for the company. Subsidiaries contributing to this performance included: Nature's Rival Co., Venus Brassiere Co., Parisform Brassiere Co. Some of Associated's better-known trade-names are College Girl, Modart, Venus, Solitaire, Last week it was reported that Associated will expand still further in the intimate industry of personal garments. Final details were said to be near conclusion for a merger between...
...London, the will of Arthur Pepper, who left property of ?95, gave power of attorney to a relative named Ann Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta Zenus Pepper...
...Birth of Venus" shows a curling lock of blonde hair tied with lavender ribbon, balanced against a branch of coral which in turn stands on a block of cork and a cockleshell...