POP UP GLOBE - MELBOURNE 2017 - 2018 SEASON: "TO TAME THE UNICORN AND LION WILD" (PART II)
Slogging across the park to see the Pop Up Globe's excellent production of Henry V it occurred to me that the traditional lion and the unicorn on a local memorial would rather aptly reflect the Imperialistic context of the piece.
This is the companion to the unicorn sculpture from Part I of this post, a sandstone heraldic lion from the 1952 King George V monument, not far west of where the Pop Up Globe was situated.
The beastie is holding a shield set with the arms of the King:
"The Royal Coat of Arms of King George V. Arms: Quarterly, first and fourth, gules three lions passant guardant in pale or, (England); second or, a lion rampant within a tressure flory counter-flory, gules (Scotland); third azure a harp or, strings argent (Ireland). Shield: surrounded with the garter, with the motto ";Honi soit qui mal y pense." (Shame be to him that evil thinks); Crest: A lion statant guardant crowned, or. Supporters: Dexter, a lion guardant crowned, or: sinister, a unicorn argent , horned, mained, ungled and tufted or, gorged with a coronet and chained also, or. Motto: Dieu et mon droit. (God and my right.)
Georgie's armorial bearing, by the way, is different from young Henry's in several respects, but also has many similarities, which I'll leave as an exercise for the reader to explore themselves.
The monument's sculptor was William Leslie Bowles, with stonemasonary by G.B. Edwards & Sons.
Because the lion and unicorn flank the column bearing George V, I wasn't all that keen on the composition required to get both the animals and the theatre in shot, as they overwhelmed the Globe, King's Men though the players were so named!
Heh. Just roast in that U.V blasted Aussie Summer light! Because a lot of us here walk around wearing sun glasses all the time it's often only when I look at a photo that I remember how hot it was when I was out in it.
POP UP GLOBE - MELBOURNE 2017 - 2018 SEASON: "TO TAME THE UNICORN AND LION WILD" (PART II)
Slogging across the park to see the Pop Up Globe's excellent production of Henry V it occurred to me that the traditional lion and the unicorn on a local memorial would rather aptly reflect the Imperialistic context of the piece.
This is the companion to the unicorn sculpture from Part I of this post, a sandstone heraldic lion from the 1952 King George V monument, not far west of where the Pop Up Globe was situated.
The beastie is holding a shield set with the arms of the King:
"The Royal Coat of Arms of King George V. Arms: Quarterly, first and fourth, gules three lions passant guardant in pale or, (England); second or, a lion rampant within a tressure flory counter-flory, gules (Scotland); third azure a harp or, strings argent (Ireland). Shield: surrounded with the garter, with the motto ";Honi soit qui mal y pense." (Shame be to him that evil thinks); Crest: A lion statant guardant crowned, or. Supporters: Dexter, a lion guardant crowned, or: sinister, a unicorn argent , horned, mained, ungled and tufted or, gorged with a coronet and chained also, or. Motto: Dieu et mon droit. (God and my right.)
Georgie's armorial bearing, by the way, is different from young Henry's in several respects, but also has many similarities, which I'll leave as an exercise for the reader to explore themselves.
The monument's sculptor was William Leslie Bowles, with stonemasonary by G.B. Edwards & Sons.
Because the lion and unicorn flank the column bearing George V, I wasn't all that keen on the composition required to get both the animals and the theatre in shot, as they overwhelmed the Globe, King's Men though the players were so named!
Heh. Just roast in that U.V blasted Aussie Summer light! Because a lot of us here walk around wearing sun glasses all the time it's often only when I look at a photo that I remember how hot it was when I was out in it.