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Statue of George I outside The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Image by ell brown
This is the The Barber Institute of Fine Arts building on the University of Birmingham main campus.
It is listed currently as being on University Road, and no longer Edgbaston Park Road (I would assume that University Road is the road that goes from Edgbaston Park Road into the University grounds proper).
It is a Grade II listed building built between 1935 and 1939, designed by architect Robert Atkinson.
It is an art gallery and concert hall, and is an Art Deco building. It was opened by Queen Mary.
1935 completed 1939, architect Robert Atkinson. Sophisticated design marrying
elements of traditional institutional classicism with Dudok inspired stone
dressed brick modern. A 2 storey compact block with shallow full height portal
wing to right hand of front. Ashlar faced ground floor and blind lst floor of
brick with flat coped roofline. The horizontal emphasis of the strip
fenestration of the ground floor is suavely combined with the vertical accent of
the slightly battered portal. The latter is complemented in small scale by
ashlar panels carved with symbols of the Arts on the first floor and reflected
by the visual stop of the larger panel at the end of return east elevation.
The banding and strip fenestration of the front follows round on to the side and
rear elevations giving a crisp linear definition to the design.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts – Heritage Gateway
To get this statue, I had to walk into the snowy grass around it (so I left my footprints).
It reminds me of the statue of George IV in Trafalgar Square, its pose is also like the nearby statue of Charles I (south of Nelson’s Column).
The statue of George I was commissioned by the city of Dublin in 1717. This was to display loyalty to the crown in the face of unrest from Catholic supporters of James Stuart, the ‘Young Pretender’ (son of the exiled James II) who had inspired a unsuccessful revolt against George I two years earlier. – note I think my book means the ‘Old Pretender’ – the ‘Young Pretender’ was his son Bonnie Prince Charlie.
(back to book info)
The Statue was by the Dutch sculpter John van Nost the Elder, although it was probably finished by his assistants after his death. It was unveiled in Dublin in 1722.
It was brought by Thomas Bodkin, first director of the Barber Institute in 1937, and brought to its present location.
(above info from "Walks through history: Birmingham" – by John Wilks)
It is a Grade II listed statue.
Bronze equestrian statue of King George I attributed to J van Ost (Nost) the
Elder. Originally placed on Essex (now Grattan) Bridge, Dublin, in 1722.
Statue of George I – Heritage Gateway
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts – lamps
Image by ell brown
This is the The Barber Institute of Fine Arts building on the University of Birmingham main campus.
It is listed currently as being on University Road, and no longer Edgbaston Park Road (I would assume that University Road is the road that goes from Edgbaston Park Road into the University grounds proper).
It is a Grade II listed building built between 1935 and 1939, designed by architect Robert Atkinson.
It is an art gallery and concert hall, and is an Art Deco building. It was opened by Queen Mary.
1935 completed 1939, architect Robert Atkinson. Sophisticated design marrying
elements of traditional institutional classicism with Dudok inspired stone
dressed brick modern. A 2 storey compact block with shallow full height portal
wing to right hand of front. Ashlar faced ground floor and blind lst floor of
brick with flat coped roofline. The horizontal emphasis of the strip
fenestration of the ground floor is suavely combined with the vertical accent of
the slightly battered portal. The latter is complemented in small scale by
ashlar panels carved with symbols of the Arts on the first floor and reflected
by the visual stop of the larger panel at the end of return east elevation.
The banding and strip fenestration of the front follows round on to the side and
rear elevations giving a crisp linear definition to the design.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts – Heritage Gateway
Two lamps either side of the main entrance to the gallery.
Visual Artst Frank Bonilla (A)
Image by Visual Artist Frank Bonilla
This image is the same as my FrankBonilla.tv image, but I needed one for Visual Artist Frank Bonilla.
This is my logo now for my website. I am Visual Artist Frank Bonilla. The name of my website is www.FrankBonilla.tv. I have also bought and sold domain names since 2003. This is how I learned about the .tv domain extension. For those that don’t know, I used the .tv instead of a .com, .net , or other domain extension. If you watch a lot of television, or are on the internet alot, you will noticew that many companies now also use a .tv domain extension.
In 2007, I sold the domain name Uv.tv to a German company for ,355! View their great website here: www.UV.tv
