Sculptures and Statues

[Irene McC]

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depicting a pilgrim on way to Santiago de Compostela.
the shell is a symbol for the apostle Saint-James.
(coquille Saint Jacques)

Excellent double whammy I love coquilles Saint Jacques and I love Leffe

 

[Bart J D]

Excellent double whammy I love coquilles Saint Jacques and I love Leffe

Same here for the coquilles but I'm a poor excuse for an ambassador of the beer country since I never really warmed up to beer
Grew up too close to the French border perhaps

 

[Irene McC]

Oslo, Norway with the City Hall in the background

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[Bart J D]

in Brig, Switzerland

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[Irene McC]

At the Norvall Foundation

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At the Acropolis in Athens, in March.

 

[Irene McC]

Head by Marco Olivier

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The Awakening, National Harbor, MD

 

[Bart J D]

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[Andrewmap]

Herring Girls, Whitby:

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M.

 

[rayvonn]

Sculpture in Pall Mall of the then Queen and King visiting their subjects (I think in East London) after one of many World War II bombings. Interesting for me as I've always found people of a certain age from that area having an opinion on this general depiction. Obviously hard and anxiety riven times then.

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[John King]

Sculpture in Pall Mall of the then Queen and King visiting their subjects (I think in East London) after one of many World War II bombings. Interesting for me as I've always found people of a certain age from that area having an opinion on this general depiction. Obviously hard and anxiety riven times then.
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Ray, IIRC the Germans had dropped a bomb on Buckingham Palace, and the Queen said that she " ... could look the people of the East End straight in the face and say 'We understand what you have been going through, in some small measure.' "

This commonality from highest to lowest in the hierarchy is something Hitler never understood. Probably totally incapable of understanding.

Princess Elizabeth was working in the WLA and driving an ambulance (IIRC).

 

[rayvonn]

Ray, IIRC the Germans had dropped a bomb on Buckingham Palace, and the Queen said that she " ... could look the people of the East End straight in the face and say 'We understand what you have been going through, in some small measure.' "

This commonality from highest to lowest in the hierarchy is something Hitler never understood. Probably totally incapable of understanding.

Princess Elizabeth was working in the WLA and driving an ambulance (IIRC).

Well I certainly wasn't a twinkle in anyone's eye then, but it is fascinating listening to people from that period in London who were.

 

[Andrewmap]

Part of the Armed Forces Memorial sculpture at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire by Home - Ian Rank-Broadley:

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[rayvonn]

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Summar 50mm F2

 

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Zeiss C Sonnar 50mm F1.5