#houses of parliament
Spring time in Londonbychris.chabot on Flickr.
Mist on the window
Water beads run together
City fades away
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At mid day on the coming Monday, Big Ben will ring out the hour for the final time until 2021. This is a measure being taken to protect the people working within Elizabeth Tower from hearing damage as they carry out essential repairs and restoration work. I’ll be out on Monday to hear the final ring and I hope many more will join in
Claude Monet (1840-1926) - Le Parlement, soleil couchant
Oil on canvas. Painted 1900-03.
32 x 36.25 inches, 81.2 x 92 cm. Estimate: US$40,000,000-60,000,000.
Sold Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2022 for US$75,960,000.
Part of the Anne H. Bass Collection.
Anne Hendricks Bass (1941-2020) was a philanthropist and arts patron and former wife of the Texas oil billionaire Sid Bass. The twelve works in this sale include three Monets, two Rothkos, and a pastel, an oil and a sculpture by Degas. All adorned her 5th Avenue New York apartment. They have a combined estimate of between US$243-361 million. All lots sold for a buyer’s premium-inclusive total of US$363,087,500.
The 136-page catalogue (144.4 MB) is available as a free pdf. Lots of informative text, supporting photos of other works of art, and the collection in situ in her residence. Simply pop the following into a new window:
dubdubdubdot christies.com/PDF/catalog/2022/NYR21517_SaleCat.pdf
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On This Day in History May 31, 1859: The bell that was installed into the clock atop the 320-foot tall Elizabeth Tower known as “Big Ben” rings out for the first time. Why is it called Big Ben?
According to History.com:
“The name “Big Ben” originally just applied to the bell but later came to refer to the clock itself. Two main stories exist about how Big Ben got its name. Many claim it was named after the famously long-winded Sir Benjamin Hall, the London commissioner of works at the time it was built. Another famous story argues that the bell was named for the popular heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt, because it was the largest of its kind.”
Big Ben has withstood the elements and incendiary bombs during World War II to become on of the icons of the landscape of London.
#BigBen #HousesofParliament #BritishHistory #LondonHistory #ArchitecturalHistory #EngineeringHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco
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London, UK
A video is projected on to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster by the pressure groups Led By Donkeys and Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice. The video shows bereaved relatives asking Boris Johnson to stop ‘ignoring’ them
Photograph: Led by Donkeys/PA
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