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Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 34mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 640
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

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Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 20mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Statue of George IV stands outside the Royal Pavilion complex in Brighton, on the south coast of England. It was commissioned in 1822 as a tribute to King George IV and unveiled in 1828. It was sculpted by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey and is now a Grade II listed building.

George IV (1762–1830) was a frequent visitor to Brighton, beginning in 1785 when still a prince (he acted as prince regent from 1811, owing to his father’s illness, and inherited the throne in 1820). He commissioned prominent architects to create the Royal Pavilion, which took 35 years to complete. The Pavilion was highly influential on Regency architecture and especially the architecture of Brighton. George continued to frequent the town and entertain at the Pavilion throughout the Regency period and after ascending to the throne, helping to establish Brighton as a fashionable seaside resort.

The first statue of George in Brighton was sculpted in stone by John Charles Felix Rossi and erected in 1802 but the prince considered it unflattering. It suffered badly from weathering and was removed in 1819. In March 1822, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, opened a public subscription fund for a replacement statue. Wyndham was an admirer of Chantrey’s work and commissioned him to create the statue. The work was Chantrey’s first sculpture in bronze. The fund remained open for eight years. Clifford Musgrave, in his history of the pavilion, claimed that the subscriptions were insufficient to cover the whole cost of the statue and that Chantrey made up the shortfall, but this is contradicted by Chantrey’s accounts and Wyndham’s archived correspondence.

The statue was cast from 4 tonnes (4.4 tons) of metal from the Ordnance Office. Chantrey’s fee was 3,000 guineas. He worked from his own foundry in Pimlico, London, which the art historian Margaret Whinney considered to be indicative of a new era of entrepreneurial sculptors who had wealth and social standing. Chantrey made a replica of the statue in 1831, which stands on George Street in Edinburgh, and a copy in marble which was installed inside Windsor Castle in 1829.

The statue stands just outside the Royal Pavilion complex, close to the north gate. George is standing, wearing robes and the cape of the Order of the Garter. His head is turned slightly to the right. His left hand is grasping his robes and his right arm is outstretched. The sculpture is in bronze and over-life-size at 2.7 metres (9 feet) tall.

It stands on a rectangular granite pedestal 3.15 metres (10.3 feet) high and just over 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) wide at its widest point. On the back of the statue, at the bottom of the robe, is a small signature, “George IV/MDCCCXXVIII/Chantrey, S. C.”.

The statue was unveiled on 9 October 1828. The occasion was marked with a public dinner, attended by over 120 guests, at the Old Ship Hotel. It originally stood on the Old Steine, to the east of the Royal Pavilion, but moved to its current location by the north gate in 1922 to make room for Brighton War Memorial. It now stands opposite the statue of Queen Victoria (by Carlo Nicoli, unveiled 1897), George’s niece and eventual successor. The proposal for the move generated considerable local debate.

The statue has been a Grade II listed building since October 1952. Listed status provides legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Gate, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Material: Bronze & stone
Artist: Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey RA (1781-1841)
Date: 1828

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 35mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 34mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 32mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,600s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 220
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance, with its Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes, chhatri-topped minarets and cusped arches, is the work of the architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV’s successors William IV and Victoria also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.

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Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/3,289s
ISO: 25
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 46mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/250s
ISO: 800
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From Wikipedia:

The Lanes are a collection of narrow lanes in the city of Brighton and Hove, famous for their small shops (including several antique shops) and narrow alleyways.

The Lanes are commonly taken to be bounded by North Street to the north, Ship Street to the west and Prince Albert Street and the north side of Bartholomew Square to the south. The eastern boundary is less well-defined and can be considered either East Street or Market Street.

Meeting House Lane is one of the wider lanes which meets with the busy shopping road of North Street and eventually winds around to Market Street. The north end of Meeting House Lane meets North Street a few yards down the road from the southern end of North Laine which is not part of the Lanes.

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Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International