Blog 171

Life size bronze statue of horse at Waddesden Manor, Buckinghamshire in the stable courtyard. Mid-late C19, signed 'Sir E J Boehm Bart RA/ C Broad & Son founders London'. Possibly a study for an equestrian portrait of The Duke of Wellington. Horse stands with head & neck arched down, front left foot raised & back right foot slightly raised. Stone plinth with moulded base Grade II listed.

Used Nik Software Bokeh plug-in to separate the statue from its background in the stable yard.

Blog 29

It may still be winter, however there is a some colour to be seen at Barnsdale Gardens, website here, visited on Saturday 13th March 2010.

The bronze at the centre is of Geoff Hamilton, who created some of the gardens at Barnsdale for the BBC programme "Gardner's' World" in 1979.

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This is a collage of the small bronze statues that surround the base of the larger work "The Meeting Place" by Paul Day, the sculptor, situated at St Pancras station in London.

The bronze relief features a variety of scenes depicting life on the railways, including images of soldiers going to war and emergency workers dealing with the 7/7 bombings. Day the sculptor said " “It is about daily life – about the hopes and fears, the loves, the joys, the loss and tragedy that are bubbling along together in human life".

These entertainers have dressed up in an amusing way to entertain the crowds and collect some money from visitors to the south bank of the Thames, along from the London Eye.

Colourful shop displays on and in the vicinity of Tottenham Court Road.

A few shots taken from a ride on the London Eye.

Graffiti in a designated area on the South Bank of the River Thames.

This collage illustrates the range of shops in the undercroft of St Pancras station.