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Mariensäule

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:19:00 +0000

Mariensäule, Munich

The Mariensäule (lit. ‘Mary’s Column’) is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae (Latin: Protector of Bavaria).

It was erected in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation during the Thirty Years’ War, to be precise, following a respective vow by Duke Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria if the ducal residential cities of Munich and Landshut would be spared from war destruction. The column is topped by a golden statue of the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon as the Queen of Heaven, created in 1590. The figure was originally located in the Frauenkirche. Mariensäule in Munich was the first column of this type built north of the Alps and inspired erecting other Marian columns in this part of Europe.

At each corner of the column’s pedestal is a statue of a putto, created by Ferdinand Murmann. The four putti are each depicted fighting a different beast, symbolizing the city’s overcoming of adversities: war represented by the lion, pestilence by the cockatrice, hunger or famine by the dragon and heresy by the serpent.

The full inscription is as follows (with a translation)

Latin

DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO
VIRGINI DEIPARAE
BOICAE DOMINAE
BENIGNISSIMAE
PROTECTRICI
POTENTISSIMAE
OB PATRIAM
VRBES EXERCITVS
SEIPSVM DOMVM
ET SPES SVAS
SERVATAS
HOC PERENNE
AD POSTEROS
MONVMENTVM
MAXIMILIANVS
COM. PAL. RHENI
VTRIVSQVE BAVARIAE DVX
S.R.I. ARCHIDAP.
ET ELECTOR
CLIENTVM INFIMVS
GRATVS SVPPLEX
POSUIT A. MDCXXXIIX

Translation

TO GOD THE BEST AND GREATEST
THE VIRGIN, THE MOTHER OF GOD
MISTRESS OF BAVARIA
MOST BENIGN
PROTECTRESS
MOST POWERFUL;
BECAUSE THE HOMELAND
CITIES, ARMIES
HIS OWN HOUSE
AND HIS HOPES
WERE SAVED
THIS LASTING
MEMORIAL
FOR THOSE TO COME
MAXIMILIANVS
PALSGRAVE OF THE RHINE
RULER OF BOTH BAVARIAS
ARCHSTEWARD OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
AND ELECTOR
THE WORST OF HIS SERVANTS
A GRATEFUL SUPPLICANT
PUT UP IN THE YEAR 1638

Image details
Date: 28 June 2023
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 195mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 360
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Mariensäule

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:19:00 +0000

Mariensäule, Munich

The Mariensäule (lit. ‘Mary’s Column’) is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae (Latin: Protector of Bavaria).

The full inscription is as follows (with a translation)

Latin

Translation

Image details
Date: 28 June 2023
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 150mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Putto Fighting a Dragon

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:19:00 +0000

Putto Fighting a Dragon, Mariensäule, Munich

The Mariensäule (lit. ‘Mary’s Column’) is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae (Latin: Protector of Bavaria).

The full inscription is as follows (with a translation)

Latin

Translation

Image details
Date: 28 June 2023
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Wellington’s Column

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:22:00 +0000

Wellington’s Column, Liverpool.

From Wikipedia

Wellington’s Column, or the Waterloo Memorial, is a monument to the Duke of Wellington standing on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street in Liverpool, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

After the Duke’s death in 1852, in common with other cities, Liverpool decided to erect a monument to celebrate his achievements. A committee was established to organise public subscriptions, but the money was slow to come in. A competition was set up in 1856 to find a designer for the column, and this was won by the architect Andrew Lawson of Edinburgh. There were further delays while a suitable site was found, with sites at the top of Duke Street and Bold Street, in front of the Adelphi Hotel and Prince’s Park being considered before the eventual location was settled on. In 1861 a second competition, this time for the statue of the Duke, was won by George Anderson Lawson, brother of the column’s designer. The design of the column and plinth closely resembles that of the Melville Monument commemorating Henry Dundas, Lord Melville in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, itself loosely modelled on Trajan’s Column in Rome.

The foundation stone was laid on 1 May 1861 by the Mayor of Liverpool. There were further delays during construction of the monument due to subsidence. Although it was inaugurated on 16 May 1863 in a ceremony attended by the mayor and Sir William Brown, it was still not complete. Reliefs depicting Wellington’s victories and the charge at the Battle of Waterloo were still to be added and it was finally completed towards the end of 1865. These delays resulted in its being “a very late example of a column-monument for Britain”.

The foundations of the monument are in Runcorn sandstone, the pedestal is in granite, and the column itself is in Darley Dale sandstone. The overall height of the monument is 132 feet (40.2 m), the column being 81 feet (24.7 m) tall and the statue 25 feet (7.6 m) tall. It stands on a stepped base with a square pedestal. On each side of the pedestal is a bronze plaque; at the corners are bronze eagles joined by swags along the sides. Standing on the pedestal is a Roman Doric fluted column. Within the column are 169 steps leading up to a viewing platform. On top of the column is a cylinder surmounted by a cupola on which the bronze statue of the Duke stands. The statue is made from the melted-down bronze from cannons captured at the Battle of Waterloo. The Duke holds a scroll in his right hand, and his left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.

The brass plaque on the south of the pedestal is a relief depicting the final charge at the battle of Waterloo. On the east and west faces, the plaques bear the names of the Duke’s victorious battles. The east panel lists the battles of Assaye, Talavera, Argaum, Busaco, Roliça, Fuentes de Oñoro, Vimeiro, Ciudad Rodrigo, Oporto, and Badajoz; the west panel Salamanca, Bayonne, Vittoria, Orthez, San Sebastián, Toulouse, Nivelle, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. Also on and around the base of the monument are pre-metric standard Board of Trade measurements of length, the shorter ones being embossed on a bronze panel. Set into the pavement is a brass strip containing the measure of 100 feet (30.5 m), and a chain of 100 links.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Pier Head, Liverpool
Material: Bronze
Artist: George Anderson Lawson (1832-1904)
Date: c. 1863

Image Details
Date: 26 March 2022
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 300mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Glenfinnan Monument

Ian Malpass-Scott — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:22:00 +0000

Glenfinnan Monument, Glenfinnan, Scotland.

From Wikipedia:

The Glenfinnan Monument is a Category A listed monument in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, erected in 1814 and dedicated to the Scottish Highlanders who fought in the Jacobite Army during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
By 1814, Jacobitism was no longer a political threat to the House of Hanover. Alexander Macdonald, a member of Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, ordered the construction of the tower to commemorate the Highlanders who fought on the side of Charles Edward Stuart during the rebellion. Alexander’s father had hosted Stuart for a night in 1745 on his travels. The tower, which is 59 ft (18 m) in height, was designed by Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham.

The monument’s location at Glenfinnan was made possible by a new road (now the A830), built by Thomas Telford and opened in 1812, between Fort William and Arisaig. The tower’s construction was funded partially by the wealth accrued from slave plantations in Jamaica owned by Macdonald’s father, also named Alexander. A statue of an unknown Highlander designed by John Greenshields, referred to at the point of commission as Stuart himself, was added in 1835.

Since 1938, the monument has been in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. The Trust has constructed a visitor centre, providing tickets, information, exhibitions, a shop, a café and toilets. In 2021, the Trust replaced a portrait of Stuart in the visitor centre with a display which detailed the links between the monument and slavery along with information on the ownership of slaves by Highland elites.

Image Details
Date: 10 September 2020
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 280mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Grey’s Monument

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:22:00 +0000

Grey’s Monument, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Grey’s Monument is a Grade I listed monument to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was erected to acclaim Earl Grey for the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832 and stands at the head of Grey Street. It consists of a statue of Lord Grey standing atop a 130-foot-high (40 m) column. The column was designed by local architects John and Benjamin Green, and the statue was created by the sculptor Edward Hodges Baily (creator of Nelson’s statue in Trafalgar Square).

In July 1941, during World War II, the head of the statue was knocked off by a bolt of lightning. In 1947, sculptor Roger Hedley (the son of painter Ralph Hedley) created a new head based on the preserved fragments of the original.

The monument lends its name to Monument Metro station, a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro located directly underneath, and to the Monument Mall Shopping Centre. The surrounding area is simply known as Monument.

A spiral staircase leads to a viewing platform at the top of the monument, which is occasionally opened to the public. Old photographs indicate that the monument was originally on a traffic island and was surrounded by railings.These railings are no longer present, and the area around the monument is now pedestrianised and is home to many shops, some independent and some up-scale designer boutiques.

The wide base of the monument is a popular spot for people-watching, and often acts as a venue for buskers, religious speakers and political activists/protesters. The Maxïmo Park song By the Monument refers to Grey’s Monument.

The Monument is in the Westgate electoral ward of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, and the parliamentary constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central.

The main inscription on the pedestal reads:

THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED IN 1838
TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY BY
CHARLES EARL GREY K.G.
WHO, DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY
WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE
AND THE FEARLESS AND CONSISTENT CHAMPION OF
CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
HE FIRST DIRECTED HIS EFFORTS TO THE AMENDMENT
OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN 1792,
AND WAS THE MINISTER
BY WHOSE ADVICE, AND UNDER WHOSE GUIDANCE,
THE GREAT MEASURE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM
WAS AFTER AN ARDUOUS AND PROTRACTED STRUGGLE
SAFELY AND TRIUMPHANTLY ACHIEVED
IN THE YEAR 1832.

And on the opposite face is a later inscription:

AFTER A CENTURY OF CIVIL PEACE,
THE PEOPLE RENEW
THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE AUTHOR
OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL.
1932.

Object description
Type: Sculpture, monument
Location: Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Material: Stone
Artist: Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867)
Date: 1838

Image Details
Date: 5 August 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 210mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 220
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International