Picture Of The Day April 2010

[scouse smurf]

Had a feeling it was. How windy was it up there ?

[corky100]

24 April Vale Park, Wallasey....

[corky100]

25 April

Taken in Chester this week. Just sat there and posed for ages!

[Pennylane]

That's a lovley little Robin , have you noticed that their little breasts seem very red , the Robins in my garden seem very red latley .

[corky100]

I was just surprised to see a Robin

[corky100]

26 April
Sorry for 3 consecutive days but seeing as no-one else has posted....

The great Stained glass windows as seen from above, from the balcony by the Tapestry room......

[empeebee]

Views from the Big Wheel

[gregs dad]

The Huskisson Mausoleum in St Jame`s cemetry

[wsteve55]

Just thought I'd add a pic' of this statue of Huskisson himself,in memory of another local first,the world's first rail casualty!! This used to be in the vicinity of the customs house,then was moved to ? anyone know?

[Ged]

Dukes Terrace.

[dazza]

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
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NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

[ItsaZappathing]

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
__________________________


NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

Nice one Dazza

[ItsaZappathing]

The Huskisson Mausoleum in St Jame`s cemetry

Another fine pic GD.

[wsteve55]

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
__________________________


NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

Some interesting stuff on the statue(s) Dazza,and considering how many times it was moved,a wonder it survived!

[lindylou]

The Adelphi Hotel.