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Africa

By Philip_H
Part of the Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London, England. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. Designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott, it was opened in 1872.

At the corners of the central area, and at the corners of the outer area, there are two allegorical sculpture programmes: four groups depicting Victorian industrial arts and sciences (agriculture, commerce, engineering and manufacturing), and four more groups representing Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas at the four corners, each continent-group including several ethnographic figures and a large animal. (A camel for Africa, a bison for the Americas, an elephant for Asia and a bull for Europe.) This image depicts the "Africa" group by William Theed.

Thanks for all the C&Cs on 'Chasing Pavements'.

Best wishes,
Philip

Tags: London Africa England Architecture Camel Sphinx Kensington gardens Albert memorial Prince albert Stone sculpture Allegorical sculpture William theed

Voters: barbarahirst, Jasper87, nonur and 18 more


Uploaded:
22 Jan 2013 6:28PM
Camera:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
Shutter Speed:
1/400s
Aperture:
f/8.0
ISO:
100
Focal Length:
12.9 mm
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Comments


barbarahirst 14 27 12 United Kingdom
22 Jan 2013 6:30PM
thought I recognised this beauty
we will be there next week .... yippee!!!!
Jasper87 Plus
13 3.3k 165 England
22 Jan 2013 6:45PM
The light on v2 gives it a lovely relief, Philip. A while since I've been down there.

Dave
nonur 14 18 13 Turkey
22 Jan 2013 7:00PM
I like the sculpture and the two shots, nicely taken and presented with the info!
leontari 10 Greece
22 Jan 2013 7:33PM
I like the sculptures shot. Nicely taken
Effrossini
Mrsbass 10 2 1 United Kingdom
22 Jan 2013 7:40PM
Two great shots - V2 has it slightly over V1 for me today, and thanks for another great narrative.
abeeror2 10 23 Australia
22 Jan 2013 7:49PM
Lovely shot v1 for me.
Rende 16 38 4 Netherlands
22 Jan 2013 8:29PM
Lovely set; I particularly like the tones in V2.
Rende
EAS 14 1 13 Scotland
22 Jan 2013 10:27PM
Good composition in both but V2 seems to work especially well. Great details in both images.

Ann
CarolG 16 199 20 Greece
23 Jan 2013 6:08AM
Very well captured, Philip.
Tibetan 10 3 England
23 Jan 2013 8:09PM
I know it quite well always a favourite from a child, nice one well depicted, regards Leon.GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin
pamelajean Plus
17 1.8k 2289 United Kingdom
25 Jan 2013 2:07AM
I don't know it because I never go to London. It's a wonderful all-round sculpture. V2 is my favourite, you have an interesting angle on it there, especially the camel, and a perfect sky background.
JuBarney Plus
11 36 7 United Kingdom
25 Jan 2013 11:24AM
A lovely sculpture well captured
Ju

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