This statue of James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) is on the top of Observation hill in Greenwich Wolfe was also known as The Hero of Quebec depending on who's side you were on at the time. Deep dive
James Wolfe
He was quite a character and achieved fast promotion up the ranks of the British Army.
James Wolfe with the Union Jack
This photograph below shows Wolfe holding a telescope which is appropriate considering where this statue is. Greenwich Royal Observatory
James Wolfe with a telescope
The interesting thing about this inscription below is that it was unveiled in 1930 by the Marquis de Montcalm the descendant of the Marquis de Montcalm who Wolfe defeated in the battle of Quebec.
James Wolfe monument inscription
And now we must leave Wolfe to look out over London. I wonder if the people sitting below his statue have any idea who he was or what he did?
If you are looking for a new photographic challenge to get you out and about then give this #sevendaysoutside task a try. I saw this idea on my friend @melinda010100 page and thought I'd give it a try myself. Remember to use the sevendayoutside tag and @erikah in your posts.
These are the days and the categories:
Windows
Doors
Rust
Gates
Statues
Bricks (bricks only, no pavement elements or cobblestones please)
Street Lamps#WindowMonday –
#DoorTuesday –
#RustArtWednesday –
#GateThursday –
#StatueFriday –
#BrickSaturday –
#StreetlampSunday –
!steemitworldmap 51.4778284 lat -0.0029883 long James Wolfe Statue, Greenwich d3scr
My camera gear
EOS Canon 70D
Sigma 30 mm
Sigma 20 mm
Pixel Shutter Cable Release
Travel tripod
That's a great artwork, thanks for participating!
Thanks @erikah glad you liked this statue. He was quite a character! This #sevendaysoutside challenge is a great concept. Glad to support your initiative. :)
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your entries! :)
I would guess not @molometer.
Is there any significance in the holes in the base of the statue? It looks a bit like cannon fire. 😂
I have no idea. Could be from the Blitz? This whole area was heavily bombed.
There are a few references to the being bullet or shrapnel marks from German aircraft but I couldn' find any definitive answer @molometer. 😊
Oh! Glad to see you join in on this one! It is a fun challenge! I'll be looking forward to seeing your
'outside' photos this week!
I'm all over this one. I think we did something like this a very very long time ago? I've been collecting the list as I go along this week. Got some rust already lol
I do this challenge every week...some weeks I only have rust and bricks....Gates are hard for me to find. So I only do the days that I have that week.
I'm going to try to get the full set so I can tick it off...done :)
I've done the full set several times over. Now I just pop in when I have something that fits!
It is an incredibly beautiful statue
He was very young when he achieved so much. He died young and left a good looking corpse I assume.
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Waooo beautiful post
Amazing cute scene
What a beautiful work at this post
Good job. @molometer
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