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This is close-up of King Edward Primus in York Minster. He is one of 15 large statues each in it's own niche and each is a Middle Age English Monarch.
The sculptor was imprisoned in a Debtors Prison and released to finish the work. A tight time limit was set for completion so he set to work and finished the work in time and thus was able to pay his debts.
With the work being done in haste the sculptor cut corners and on close inspection it can be seen very clearly that he only used, for the 15 Monarchs, four faces and disguised them with facial hair.
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| Title: | King Edward Primus |
| Username: | 
Rock |
| Uploaded: | 18 Jan 2007 - 10:07 AM |
| Camera: | Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 |
| Lens: | Standard |
| Recording media: | Compact Flash |
| Tags: | Architecture, King edward 1st |
| Votes: | 15 |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
Comments
Pretty fancy hair-do--
Very sharp and detailed image!
Jennnnnn
Excellent toning and light, thanks for the fascinating background info
Hi Rock,
Love the history,description and the statue is brilliant.love the tones and detail.
Take care.Ann
Great shot nice info with it he looks a bit drier than the rest of york did the other day
Neil
Clever man!!!!! This fellow certainly looks like he could use a laxative
So they had cowboys pulling a fast one back then even!
Thanks for the info along with an interesting image.
~ Mandy ~
As I mentioned there are 15 English Monarch's from the middle ages in York Minster and Edward Primus is the one I have most shots of and only because he catches the light .
Thank you all for the comments and clicks.
Rock
Nice one Rob, brilliant detail and light, great angle.
Good description.
Malc.
Excellent detail and lighting Rob, he's a dead ringer for somebody i know called Greg!
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