Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is a very weird statue, indeed. Thanks for the peek at history. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 19 Aug 2017, at 02:00, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Some of you may know this chappie as he had some dealings with your > fathers - Founding Fathers that is. Now in the National Gallery of > Ireland, this is John Van Nost's statue of King George III presented to > Dublin City Hall in 1765, and still there when my grand uncle Sean led his > troops in to take over the City Hall during the 1916 Easter Rising. > > Sony A7ii and kit zoom. See Large. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/G3.jpg.html > > The bronze statue was modeled from life by Van Nost who went to London for > the purpose. Apparently, William Makepeace Thackeray, in his "Irish Sketch > Book," refers to this work as "a pert statue of George III in a Roman toga > simpering and turning out his toes." For you film and camera buffs, > Thackeray also wrote "Barry Lyndon" which Leica fan Stanley Kubrick turned > into a sumptuous piece of celluloid. Regarding the statue, my grand uncle > lay dying on the roof above it, having been shot by a British sniper > hiding in Dublin Castle. > > > Douglas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information