This stone with a relief of a boar came from Vindolanda.

Image Details
Date: 10 May 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 160
Licensing: Image of an English Heritage asset. This image cannot be licensed.

A white stone boar sitting on hind legs which point to the right; up on front legs slightly apart; head inclined to left. A copy of original by Austin & Seeley (artificial stone) which was destroyed in 1918.

From Wikipedia:

The Calydonian boar hunt is one of the great heroic adventures in Greek legend. It occurred in the generation prior to that of the Trojan War, and stands alongside the other great heroic adventure of that generation, the voyage of the Argonauts, which preceded it. The purpose of the hunt was to kill the Calydonian boar (also called the Aetolian boar), which had been sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia, because its king Oeneus had failed to honour her in his rites to the gods. The hunters, led by the hero Meleager, included many of the foremost heroes of Greece. In most accounts it is also concluded that a great heroine, Atalanta, won its hide by first wounding it with an arrow. This outraged many of the men, leading to a tragic dispute.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Osborne House, Isle of Wight
Material: Lepine stone
Artist: after Austin and Seeley
Date: 1976–1999

Image Details
Date: 7 June 2021
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 45mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a Royal Collection Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.