Saturday 7 May 2011

Botanic Gardens, Mare and Foal

Mare and Foal is a sculpture by French artist, Arthur Jacques Le Duc located in the Royal Botanic Gardens. This bronze sculpure of La Reyna and her foal was purchased in 1891 and donated to the Royal Botanic Gardens in 1958.

20 comments:

  1. Gee, I really like it!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. A very welcoming sculpture!
    This sculptor was born very close to the place I was born...

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  3. Beautiful scluptures and I bet the Botanic gardens are a fantastic place to visit.

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  4. Beautiful photo of a lovely sculpture!

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  5. From where I come from, people say, that 'the luck of the world, is to be found on the back of a horse.'

    Please have a good weekend.

    daily athens

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  6. A sculpture that tugs at the emotions. Lovely.

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  7. What a nice shot of this lovely garden. The horse sculpture just sets everything off.

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  8. Very nice statue. I need to get out among some of our local horses and get some shots.

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  9. I'm a great horse lover and this is a fantastic sculpture and you've captured it beautifully as always!

    Sylvia

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  10. What is the significance of this mare? Was she a racehorse? It is a lovely sculpture.

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    Have a good day. :)

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  12. Shirley, I think she might have been a racehorse but I can't seem to find any information about her on the internet.

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  13. This is one of my favourite sculptures in the Botanic Garden. Great shot.

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  16. I love this sculpture because we were sitting under it a few years ago--my daughter and her little boy and me (the old gray mare).

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