#1148602 - Wed Oct 26 2016 06:47 AM
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It is just lovely! Thanks for that.
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#1148603 - Wed Oct 26 2016 07:02 AM
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#1149303 - Tue Nov 01 2016 07:39 AM
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Sorry, I posted in the wrong thread. My photo is now in the Craft Circle. Thanks!
Edited by funnytrivianna (Tue Nov 01 2016 02:18 PM)
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#1149329 - Tue Nov 01 2016 11:33 AM
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Giz, there's a thread in Useful Tips and Tricks where members post photos of their own art - this thread is for photos of art by other people. So this image really belongs here: http://www.funtrivia.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/1027033#Post1027033
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#1149342 - Tue Nov 01 2016 02:13 PM
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Thanks flopsymopsy. Do I delete and redo it, or is there a way to move it?
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#1152502 - Wed Nov 30 2016 09:09 AM
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 This is a statue of Georgina Tollemache, daughter of British Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache, wife to Baron Mount-Temple, patron of the arts and friend of the writer Oscar Wilde. It was at her family property in Babbacombe, Torquay that Wilde initiated the homosexual affair that was to have such dramatic consequences for him in the following years. The statue which can be seen at the northern end of Babbacombe Downs next to the cliff railway, is around four feet in height and stands at the centre of a circular granite trough, and appears to be of a similar construction to that of the Statue of Liberty, having a greenish oxidation over its surface indicating that it contains a high proportion of copper in the material from which it is cast. Mysteriously, the flower in her left hand is replaced, and has been for many decades, by an unknown donor as and when required.
Edited by sisterseagull (Wed Nov 30 2016 09:46 AM) Edit Reason: Additional information
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#1179027 - Wed Oct 25 2017 08:19 AM
Re: Works of art (photos of)
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Beautiful... I'm off there with the trusty Nikon next year. Thanks for posting that image.
Do you have any further information on both it and the subject? Sorry I don't. It was in one of the long galleries as you walk around to get to the Sistine Chapel. I would suggest the subject was Madonna and Child but I could be wrong. You can't take photos inside the Sistine Chapel, the guards get very aggressive if you try, just for info. You can pretty much use your camera everywhere else in the Vatican/St. Peter's. Another quick tip - Rome is stupidly expensive, I paid €5 for a coffee overlooking the Spanish Steps. The cheapest coffee we found was in the roof café in St. Peter's, it was around €1 for an espresso. It's run by nuns so I guess they don't want to sin by overcharging  Mark
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