#nelson’s column

[evilhorse]

Lord, even my boots are shaking.

(Marvel Two-in-One #34)

[arwenkenobi48]

Some photos from my adventure in London yesterday

Buckingham Palace and the birbs surrounding it, Nelson’s Column, a brief selfie I took before going to the cinema and the cinema itself

Also, seeing Ramayana on the big screen made me fall in love with that movie all over again, so prepare for an onslaught of posts related to that 😅

Overall it was the best day ever 💖

[alexsmithson]

Nostalgia At Charing Cross Station!

There’s always a feeling of nostalgia at Charing Cross Station thanks to the brickwork and old-fashioned appeal of the station’s windows. #nostalgia #charingcross #station #london #city #train #shotoniphone #photography #travel #history #architecture

[vox-anglosphere]

The Lion in Winter - Trafalgar Square, London

[ltbelanna]

RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE (2023)

You’re flying back to London tonight. […] And you are going there to work.

[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.

[honey-bri-books]

[viviseconds]

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

[saltwaterandstars]

The view from the National Gallery, London, across Trafalgar Square, past Nelson's Column towards a distant Big Ben.

[inabigdanceskin]

Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London. Friday, 11 August 2023.

[rabbitcruiser]

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

[mjschryver]

[clove-pinks]

Winter in Trafalgar Square, by The Nelson Society UK.

[markrothen]

Trafalgar Square

[vox-anglosphere]

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

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Cyndi Lauper with one of the Lanseer Lion Statues surrounding Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London sometime in the 1980s.