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A statue of Julius Caesar, the famous Roman Emperor, created by Ambrogio Parisi and stands within the Tuileries Gardens.
Peter Denny FRSE LLD (25 October 1821 – 22 August 1895) was a shipbuilder and shipowner based in Dumbarton, Scotland. Denny was the son of William Denny (1779-1833) and his wife Christeanne Macintyre. He was first apprenticed to a local lawyer and then to the Dumbarton glassworks. Aged 21 he returned to shipbuilding, which was the established family occupation, and worked as a bookkeeper for Robert Napier and Sons. Quoted from Wikipedia
Statue on Brighton Beach, early one morning :)
The Angel is a memorial to King Edward VII, sculpted by Newbury Trent.
Angel,
Melbourne Cemetery.
One of my sons is in hospital at the moment so I'm feeling sad. It's so strange not having him near me and I pray he'll be well, and home again soon.
GADZOOKS!
This made Explore Sep 13, 2009 #494
Cool!
I almost walked past this beautiful hindu or buddist statue that seems to be saying "Safety first".
One thing about this two week trip:
Digital SLRs have come of age.
All 3 cameras performed without a hitch.
I did not take along a laptop to download the images every night.
Instead I used a 16GB memory card in each camera and carried one spare battery for each.
Simple.
I dislike using computers when on vacation and am quite happy with the state of things now.
Oh yeah, all three cameras passed through several scanners without a hitch.
Statue, Hills Road, Cambridge, 20 Jul 2021
A Very Strange Statue
In 2014 there was much comment about an attempt to place a 13 foot-high statue called "The Don" outside an office development at 132-134 Hills Road.
Cambridge City Council’s public art officer described it as “possibly the poorest quality work” that has ever been submitted to them.
The sculptor, Pablo Atchugarry, disowned the piece claiming he had never seen it before.
Lots of comments in the media (Google “Cambridge Don Statue”).
Nothing more seems to have happened for several years until this statue appeared at 132-134 Hills Road.
It was not in place in April 2019 when the Google Street View vehicle went by, but it was there in September 2020.
It has a plaque in front saying
"HRH Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor
University of Cambridge
1977 -2011"
However I can find absolutely nothing about it.
I mailed the property company who own the site (Unex Holdings) asking for information but got no reply
Comparing this statue with the pictures of "The Don" suggests that this is a modified version with some gold paint.
This statue of young male god is dated to the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD).
This has usually been identified as Mercury though there is some uncertainty. The figure has the following god attributes (symbols): a winged hat (petasos), a staff with two serpents (caduceus) in his right hand, and winged feet. The money bag in his left hand is said to be a later addition.
The statue stands in the corridor surrounding the courtyard at Palazzo Nuovo.
Capitoline Museum, Rome; July 2019
This statue, known as La Comedie, can be found within the Tuilleries Gardens in Paris and was created by the sculptor Julien Toussant Roux.
Daily updates at www.eutouring.com/images_paris.html
A statue of the great Armenian musicologist, composer, and folk music collector, the celibate priest (or vardapet) Komitas. The sculptor was Yervand Kochar and it was unveiled in 1969.
Komitas survived the Armenian Genocide only to spend his last years not only in exile, but in a Paris mental asylum.
This is a statue in the center of Durham. I loved the way the light caught it so I couldnt resist taking a photo. When playing around in Photomatix I thought this one made a good HDR photo.
Recently almost made it into the hall of fame in You vs. the Best. This photo beat 3 challengers and was pipped on the 4th. Better luck next time...