2011年5月24日 · The intricate carving shows the figure of a heavily moustachioed warrior and comes from the stern of HMS Colossus. The warship came from the fleet of Lord Nelson.

2022年4月22日 · The stern carving from the wreck of HMS Colossus on display on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Photo: Tehmina Goskar After its discovery, the stern carving was transported to the Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth for conservation. During its stay, the carving was 3D laser scanned by reality capture pioneers Archaeoptics Ltd in 2006.

Borglum had learned some clever techniques of mountain carving that would be essential on Mount Rushmore; and the South Dakotans who would be involved with the production of the monument had learned that they were dealing with a man who had all the traditional characteristics of the temperamental artist, and then some.

2001年9月13日 · Colossus went aground on a reef off Samson while bringing home 200 sick and injured seamen from the Battle of the Nile. The ship was laden with Etruscan vases collected by Lord Hamilton, whose...

2018年10月8日 · This epic colossus, half man, half mountain, was erected in the late 1500s by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains. This mountain god, fittingly named Appennino, stand 35 feet tall over the ground of the Villa di Pratolino in Tuscany.

In early 2022 we were asked by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime Archaeology Society (CISMAS) if we could help them with an intriguing project. In the small museum on the island of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, is a large 3.5m high wooden carving from the stern (back) of HMS Colossus which was wrecked in…

2024年10月10日 · HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Gravesend on 4 April 1787 and lost on 10 December 1798. On 6 June 1793, in the Bay of Biscay, she captured Vanneau, a tiny vessel with an armament of just six guns, which the Royal Navy took into service.

Eight of these crates, containing in the region of 1200 vases in total, were loaded aboard the warship Colossus for transportation to England; the rest travelled in a convoy in a smaller transport vessel.

The Stern carvings of HMS COLOSSUS Their Importance [Richard Hunter] The United Kingdom has a rich naval heritage We are fortunate in that a number of historic figureheads from the 18th and 19th century have survived and can still be seen in …

2010年1月26日 · Nelson's ship the HMS Colossus suffered an ignominious fate in 1798 when it sank after running aground. That included a 3.3m (11ft) tall elm wood carving of a man in neo-classical dress, thought to have stood at the stern of the boat.