> >>>Here are some pictures that were in my camera. Some from the trip > >>>Mike W and family made last week, some from Chris M and family's > >>>visit yesterday, others just snaps from around: > >>> > >>><http://www.web-options.com/Aug29/> > >>> > >>>Bob > >> > >>http://www.web-options.com/Aug29/content/L1000043_large.html > >> > >>I know who it is! > >>http://www.tonywhartonfrps.com/USERIMAGES/Peter%20the%20Great > %2 > >>0Statue,%20St.%20Petersburg.jpg > >> > >>If the above doesn't work, try this and look on the second row. > >>http://www.tonywhartonfrps.com/page11.htm > >> > > > > > > Yes indeed, it is Peter the Great. He lived in John Evelyn's house, > > Sayes Court, in Deptford for a while when he was studying > > ship-building in Deptford. Apparently he completely trashed Evelyn's > > house. The garden was said to be the finest in England. It survives as > > a rather forlorn corporation park where people like to sit and smoke ganja > or drink cider. > > I was struck by the similarity to the statue in St Petersburg. Didn't realise it > was actually him. Was he really so pinheaded? >
Don't know - never met the guy. Apparently he was nearly seven feet tall, so he probably just looked pin-headed from below. Or maybe the sculptor missed the lesson when they tell you to exaggerate the proportions of the body to take into account the position people will be looking from. Michelangelo was there for that lesson, and gave David an especially large head. > > [...] > You could have ended up with the one in Moscow. > http://www.galenfrysinger.com/moscow_peter_the_great_statue.htm > I've seen that one - love it. It's enormous. If it's the same sculptor I have to say that I really like his work simply because it's so completely barking mad. If I remember correctly the mayor of Moscow at the time went a bit mad with the sculpture and related whacky erections budget. [...] > > > > yes please! > > > Maybe nearer Christmas. Can send the females off shopping.... Sounds like a good idea. I don't suppose they'll take much persuading. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
