Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thackeray's description is spot on! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 5:30 AM, 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 >