Sunday, October 24, 2010

Seascapes - Photos by Gustave Le Gray











1. The Great Wave (Sète), 1857.

2. Mediterranean Sea (Sète), 1857.

3. Brick in the Moonlight, 1856.

4. Two Ships Heading Away from Shore (Le Havre?), ca. 1856 - 1857.

5. The Steamship, ca. 1856 - 1859.

6. The Ship Leave the Port, ca. 1856 - 1857.

7. Large Wave, Mediterranean Sea, 1857.

8. The Effect of the Sun (Le Soleil Couronné) - Normandy, 1856.

9. The Sun at its Zenith, Ocean - Normandy, 1856.

10. Packet boat, Ocean, 1856.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Sleep








1. Effigy of Richard I from his tomb in Fontevrault Abbey.

2. The tomb of Henry II in Fontevrault Abbey.

3. Effigy from the tomb of the Black Prince in the Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.

4. Gilded bronze tomb effigy of Queen Eleanor by William Torel, in Westminster Abbey.

5. Effigy of King John in Worcester Cathedral.

6. Bronze gilded effigy of Henry III by William Torel, in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey.

7. The tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York by Pietro Torrigiano in the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey; completed c. 1518.