#Nelson's Column

[doctorfriend79]

Doctor Who - Series Eight

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Cloud Puff is looking up at Nelson's Column.

In Trafalgar Square, in London, England.

[j-allen-art-design]

Day 31 - Landmark

Another Inktober over and done with. I don't know if I've improved much but I've definitely got some fresh ideas rattling around my brain now for future projects.

[vox-anglosphere]

Trafalgar Square's fountain hums with life in the summer of 1953

[honey-bri-books]

[viviseconds]

Steven Shearer Lion, 2015 Varied edition 2/2 Ink and acrylic on poly canvas 93 x 83 7/8 inches

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Detail from a 1981 London Transport ad by totallymystified

[paulpingminho]

[redgriffinsphotos]

In and around the City of Westminster, Summer 2018

[foggyinphx]

My admiration for Elden's low key nature and sense of privacy

VERSUS

My gut churning need for a pic of him, literally any pic of him, in the vicinity of NYC DDBA S2 filming

[vintage-london-images]

There's lots of pics of Nelson’s Column, but we don't often see what a pigeon may sit on. Here is a close up of Nelson as he looks out at London from the top of the nearly 180 year old monument. Nelson’s Column cost £47,000 to be built in the 1840s, which is the equivalent of between £3 million and £4 million today. Most of the money came from private investors, with the Tsar of Russia footing more than a quarter of the bill on his own. Its also interesting to know that part of Admiral Nelson’s shoulder was chipped when the column was struck by lightning during an electrical storm in 1896. The four panels at the bottom of the monument each depict a scene from Nelson’s most famous battles, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Copenhagen, the Battle of Cape St Vincent and his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The panels were made from French guns which were captured and melted down. Four different artists designed each of the panel depictions: Musgrave Watson, William F. Woodington, John Ternouth and John Edward Carew. An interesting fact, had Adolf Hitler succeeded in invading mainland Britain during the Second World War, he had planned to relocate Nelson’s Column from central London to Berlin.

[wanderingmind867]

The letters column from Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew #13. They've got a new title for their letters column, and I found some really interesting facts in this column. Apparently the Zoo Crew almost had their own saturday morning cartoon. And fans were pushing for looney tunes crossovers and stuffed animals modelled after them. So i find that all really cool.

[vox-anglosphere]

Nelson's Column soars above four triumphant lions in central London

Trafalgar Square

[rabbitcruiser]

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson received a state funeral and was interred in St Paul’s Cathedral on January 9, 1806.

[royllowarch]

Trafalgar Square by Roy Llowarch Via Flickr: Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square

[evilhorse]

Lord, even my boots are shaking.

(Marvel Two-in-One #34)