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. Peace descending on the Quadriga, Wellington Arch, London ( Quadriga ; shown as chariot drawn by four horses abreast) __________________________ The statue "The Angel of Peace" ; descending on the Chariot of War completed the neo-classical arch in 1912 "The Angel of Peace " is the largest bronze sculpture in Europe. __________________________ For more information visit English-Heritage.org. UK / Wellington Arch www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wellington... __________________________ Wellington Arch, London's famous landmark at Hyde Park Corner was recently saved from ruin and returned to its full glory by English Heritage. . Time-lapse footage of the restoration can be seen at : Film / English Heritage www.marcusrobinsonphotography.com/main.html / Marcus Robinson Photographer / time-lapse filmmaker. .

And some more interesting ART trivia.. text from " The Victorian Web" This statue by Jones replaced Matthew Cotes Wyatt's gigantic — and much criticized — equestrian statue of Wellington that was taken down and not replaced when the arch moved from its first location opposite Apsley House to Hyde Park Corner in 1882-83. The Angel of Peace Descending on the Chariot of War takes the form of a quadriga (a racing chariot with four horses used in both the ancient Olympic Games in Greece and later in ancient Rome). Since classical times, the quadriga has served as an emblem of victory, . _____ . www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/jones/2.html George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University; Founder, Webmaster, and Editor-in-chief of the Victoria Web .

Hi, Thanks for adding your photo.

Where are all the fast-food places? 8-)

"... Interestingly, none of the winged victories bronzes was present at the time of the unveiling of the monument [15/8/1882]. Two had already been cast, but the decision was made not to add them until all four were complete. Finally in 1886, the four angels took their rightful place around the base of the plinth ..." Much more information available at - thesearchforanneandmichael.blogspot.com/2014/03/angels-of... So photo is between 1882 and 1886, so far ...

Eblana photo with the winged victories angels (after 1886 - ed. 1883 see below) for comparison - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000560903

STOP THE PRESSES! I think the blog is wrong - the Winged Victories were added by August 1883, according to this Sydney Freeman's Journal article via Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110556111 So photo between August 1882 and August 1883, so far ...

Fantastic scene - it looks way bigger in this image than it seems in real life, although that's because it's hard to judge the size when standing beside it.

The aircraft is a Stinson SM-6000 Tr-Motor operated by Ludington Airline, which was an air carrier based in the Northeast part of the United States

It's a little hard to tell at the available resolution, but the figurines appear to be from Hindu mythology, in which various gods have mounts known as vahana, some of them winged, such as eagles, parrots, geese or swans: www.britannica.com/topic/vahana

Fraser Pettigrew : I agree that these look like gods on their vahanas. However, in lots of googling, I haven't found anything in quite this style. BTW, there are much higher-res images at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.36964 assuming you have a TIFF viewer. To me the one on the left looks female with a mount that is a bird. On the right is an aggressive male on a mount with very similar appearance. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B3%B3%E5%87%B0#/media/%E3%83%95... has similar wings. Appears to be from Indonesia.

swanq Yes, I worked out the high-res link eventually! Doh! I'm thinking that the one on the left is probably Vishnu on his vahana Garuda (an eagle). Or at least it's the closest thing to it I've seen. I think also they might be more likely to be Indonesian/Balinese rather than Indian. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#/media/File:Garuda_Wishnu_Ba...

I absolutely agree that these look Balinese. The 1932/3 date is before the independence of what became Indonesia from the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies). See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Colonial_era I was wondering if this delivery could be associated with an embassy, but it's not clear what the Dutch would have been doing with Balinese artifacts.