#nelsons column

[liverpoollomo]

Trafalgar Square. Lomo LC-A. Ilford FP4.

My trip to London was very poorly planned and I decided to have a look at Trafalgar Square as I was nearby. Sadly I could not get too near as preperations where being made for some sort of concert or event. I took these shots and welt looking for something else to look at.

I will be back in the capital soon and hope to have more solid plans. This should hopefully lead to some more interesting photos and posts.

[vintage-london-images]

There's lots of pics of Nelson’s Column, but we don't often see what a pigeon may sit on. Here is a close up of Nelson as he looks out at London from the top of the nearly 180 year old monument. Nelson’s Column cost £47,000 to be built in the 1840s, which is the equivalent of between £3 million and £4 million today. Most of the money came from private investors, with the Tsar of Russia footing more than a quarter of the bill on his own. Its also interesting to know that part of Admiral Nelson’s shoulder was chipped when the column was struck by lightning during an electrical storm in 1896. The four panels at the bottom of the monument each depict a scene from Nelson’s most famous battles, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Copenhagen, the Battle of Cape St Vincent and his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The panels were made from French guns which were captured and melted down. Four different artists designed each of the panel depictions: Musgrave Watson, William F. Woodington, John Ternouth and John Edward Carew. An interesting fact, had Adolf Hitler succeeded in invading mainland Britain during the Second World War, he had planned to relocate Nelson’s Column from central London to Berlin.

[inabigdanceskin]

Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London. Friday, 11 August 2023.

[mrkoppa]

Trafalgar Ware Nos. 318d & 318e: To Soar and To Column Down

7.6 x 5.1cm (each), 2022

[eopederson]

Ship in a Bottle, Trafalgar Square, London, 2010.

[ctyguidelondon]

It’s not obvious unless you look for it, but did you know that each of the lions around the base of Nelson’s Column are different? Kids are forever climbing onto their backs to have their photo taken by their worrying parents, who will be standing on the pavement imploring them to get down. I must admit that I am siding with the mums and dads on this one because those things are huge. I wouldn’t want to climb on one anymore than I would a real lion!

[h2h0]

The Great Smog of 1952 - Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar square, London.

[royllowarch]

Trafalgar Square by Roy Llowarch Via Flickr: Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square