2000 London: Trafalgar Square - Nelson's Column #2
Scanned from film shot in 2000.
Lion at the base of
Nelson's Column, a monument in Trafalgar Square in central London built to commemorate the death of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of £47,000. The sandstone statue of Nelson is by E. H. Baily and the four bronze lions on the base, added in 1867, were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer. The column itself is built of granite from Dartmoor.
The column has been climbed several times, both for entertainment and as a publicity stunt. It was refurbished in 2006 at a cost of £420,000, during which it was surveyed and found to be 4.4 metres shorter than previously supposed.
The whole monument is 169 ft 3ins (51.59 metres) tall from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson's hat.
The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was designed by architect William Railton in 1838, and built by the firm Peto & Grissell.
Railton's original 1:22-scale stone model is exhibited at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.
The entire monument was built at a cost of £47,500, or £3.5 million in 2004 terms (roughly $6.1 million US).
The 5.5 m (18 ft) sandstone statue at the top was sculpted by E. H. Baily, a member of the Royal Academy, who also sculpted Earl Grey's statue on top of Grey's Monument in Newcastle; a small bronze plaque crediting him is at the base of the statue.
The statue faces south looking towards the Admiralty and Portsmouth where Nelson's & the Royal Navy Flagship HMS Victory is docked, with the Mall on his right flank, where Nelson's ships are represented on the top of each flagpole.
The 18 foot statue stands on top of a 46 m (151 ft) column built of granite from the Foggintor quarries on Dartmoor. The top of the Corinthian column (based on one from the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome) is decorated with bronze acanthus leaves cast from British cannon.
The square pedestal is decorated with four bronze panels, cast from captured French guns, depicting Nelson's four great victories. These panels were undertaken by the sculptors Musgrave Watson, John Ternouth, William F Woodington, and John Edward Carew.
Part of the interior base was made from the 29 cannon recovered from HMS Royal George, HMS Victory's sister ship.
The four lions at the column's base, were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer and sculpted by Baron Marochetti. They were added after much delay in 1867.
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2000 London: Trafalgar Square - Nelson's Column #2
Scanned from film shot in 2000.
Lion at the base of
Nelson's Column, a monument in Trafalgar Square in central London built to commemorate the death of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of £47,000. The sandstone statue of Nelson is by E. H. Baily and the four bronze lions on the base, added in 1867, were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer. The column itself is built of granite from Dartmoor.
The column has been climbed several times, both for entertainment and as a publicity stunt. It was refurbished in 2006 at a cost of £420,000, during which it was surveyed and found to be 4.4 metres shorter than previously supposed.
The whole monument is 169 ft 3ins (51.59 metres) tall from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson's hat.
The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was designed by architect William Railton in 1838, and built by the firm Peto & Grissell.
Railton's original 1:22-scale stone model is exhibited at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.
The entire monument was built at a cost of £47,500, or £3.5 million in 2004 terms (roughly $6.1 million US).
The 5.5 m (18 ft) sandstone statue at the top was sculpted by E. H. Baily, a member of the Royal Academy, who also sculpted Earl Grey's statue on top of Grey's Monument in Newcastle; a small bronze plaque crediting him is at the base of the statue.
The statue faces south looking towards the Admiralty and Portsmouth where Nelson's & the Royal Navy Flagship HMS Victory is docked, with the Mall on his right flank, where Nelson's ships are represented on the top of each flagpole.
The 18 foot statue stands on top of a 46 m (151 ft) column built of granite from the Foggintor quarries on Dartmoor. The top of the Corinthian column (based on one from the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome) is decorated with bronze acanthus leaves cast from British cannon.
The square pedestal is decorated with four bronze panels, cast from captured French guns, depicting Nelson's four great victories. These panels were undertaken by the sculptors Musgrave Watson, John Ternouth, William F Woodington, and John Edward Carew.
Part of the interior base was made from the 29 cannon recovered from HMS Royal George, HMS Victory's sister ship.
The four lions at the column's base, were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer and sculpted by Baron Marochetti. They were added after much delay in 1867.
Wikipedia