William II on Horseback
To my eye, the early evening sunlight in The Hague lent this silhouetted King even more gravitas than during the day. And the pigeon spikes are visible too!
The Knight Adventurer Reaches Brussels
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza stroll cheerfully through the Place d’Espagne in Brussels. In the late afternoon sun their so-easily identifiable silhouette reminded me of Picasso’s famous black and white drawing of […]
Reflections of a Four-Breasted Woman
“Woman is made of fragile glass; but do not put her to the test to see if she will break, for that might come to pass.” ― Miguel de Cervantes […]
Eye-nigmatic Cockerel
This dramatic sculpture is one of several striking pieces that grace the public areas of the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in the former Free Trade Hall in central Manchester. The giant cockerel even has […]
Disastrous Nose Job
This poor old relic of a Moor is suffering a nasal deficiency. If this guy had been looking for nose perfection these days, he would have know that the ideal nose […]
Is that a Dragon I see above me?
Hanging high above the Northern Quarter, on the corner of Tib Street and Church Street, shines the Tib Street Horn. This enigmatic, silver sculpture, half dragon and half saxophone, coils around the remains of an […]
Aspiring to New Heights in Dublin
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 45 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]
Glass Fantasia
Beyond the Object, Halcyon Gallery, London, until 21 June 2014. Linked to Ruby Tuesday.
Queen Victoria’s Ablutions
Edward Onslow Ford’s Queen Victoria Monument in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is in need of some tender loving care. This Grade II listed monument caught my attention yesterday because of the weeds that have […]
Great Scott! Dr Livingstone, I Presume.
–Six Word Saturday This statue of Livingstone features him holding out a Bible, with a pistol and compass at his waist and a cast off lion skin representing him having survived a mauling. […]
One Man, Three Heads
Jan Toorop (1858-1928) was a Dutch-Indonesian artist, who lived much of his life in Den Haag. He is perhaps best known as a symbolist, where his individual style seemed to […]
Travel with Intent 