StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: statue

Abutment / chain anchorage on the south [English} bank. The seated statue on the left is the bridge's designer, a Royal Navy Captain, Samuel Brown. Although John Rennie was responsible for the stonework. There was a toll booth in the form of a small, two room cottage against the base of this structure. Tolls were payable between 1820 and 1888. Since the cottage was demolished in the 1950s, the layout is indicted by different coloured paving. Note: the stone width markers ! despite having been open for only four months or so, there are several gouges already. Also, only one car is allowed on the bridge at a time ...

Statue representing the modern civil engineers involved in the Union Bridge's restoration, well dressed in her PPE, she stands on the Scottish side, looking towards the bridge.

The Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick. This was extensively refurbished - with a new, interactive, discovery centre in 2019, and this was my first visit since then. www.seabird.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Seabird_Centre The seated seabird is, I think, an arctic tern, judging by the profile, especially the tail. [Sterna paradisaea - and probably the most travelled of migrating birds] Although, given the Bass Rock in the background I was expecting it to be a gannet or a kittiwake.

Bronze statue of a bird watcher [twitcher] gazing through binoculars at Bass Rock in the distance, erected in 2014. In the breeding season, this rock hosted an enormous colony of gannets [Sula bassana] and other nesting seabirds. Sadly, avian flu, pollution and climate change [reduction in sand eels] have reduced the gannet numbers by around a third in the past few years [from 2019 - before covid - and this year, 2023]. The only bright news is that the gannet numbers are recovering slightly, and some birds appear to have developed a degree of immunity - their eyes have very dark blue or black iris].

This is referring to a new statue of a particular politician, who is very unpopular with many people in certain places. It could also apply to several other politicians, sports personalities and other celebrities. . . Not my Image : fair use & public entertainment

The plaque recording the dedication of the Bee Gees statue, unveiled in July 2021.

This was commissioned in 2019 and finally unveiled in July 2021. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Bee_Gees_(Douglas,_Isle_of_Man) Movement of the base required a temporary removal, back to the Liverpool foundry for modifications in 2022, which took a month ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-61813237

The inscribed plinth of the statue on Douglas Promenade.

This sculpture shows Fenella, a character from the 1823 novel by Sir Walter Scott’s "Peveril of the Peak". The artist was Nick Barlow, and he carved it from a single piece of Ash. [dated 2011] It is sited at the landward end of the causeway, overlooking the eponymous beach.

The story behind this is most interesting, see the wikipedia article linked here ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Baphomet Not my Image : Fair Use for discussion, education and comment

This sculpture is 'A Fishy Tale' by Colin Telfer. Visible from the bridge on Maryport, (there is an info panel just by this was taken).

Caption to a piece of nearby art, displayed in Maryport.

'The Seafarer' on Wharf Street, Montrose. Next to the RNLI station (their boat is moored nearby). This statue was erected in September 1978, by Montrose Harbour Trustees. A plaque on the base gives a three part commemoration (note - this text is not verbatim) - Memorial to the seamen and fishermen of Montrose & Ferryden - A contribution to the Environment - Tribute to William Lamb ARSA, a renowned sculptor who was born in Montrose.

One of the bronze lions (from Norwich's coat of arms, which dates from the 15th century) outside City Hall, sculpted by Alfred Hardiman in 1936 and installed in 1938.