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Thursday, July 27, 2023
Cricketeer
Muybridge preferred being called Saxon over English, and even changed the spelling
of his name accordingly. That being said, he couldn't help but include some very
English cricket photos among his motion studies. I think this one is quite nice.
Yes, the Victorians were obsessed with the Anglo-Saxons, as the lobby between the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster duly demonstrates with its huge illustrations. I think this had something to do with the Great Reform Acts which widened the franchise and gradually ushered in true democracy. The Anglo-Saxons were a largely classless society and their kings elected. The king's "earls" were a "function" rather than a class. Muybridge also lived at Kingston-upon-Thames, which in Roman times, contained the first bridge spanning the river to the West from London Bridge, which was first erected by the Romans. Kingston-upon-Thames was also the traditional, pre-Christian place for the crowning of Anglo-Saxon kings, who were seated on a stone for the ceremony, like the Stone of Scone in Scotland. It is still to be seen in the town, with a listing several of the kings crowned upon it, their names, such as Muybridge's, spelt in the original Old English, and surrounded by some Victorian wrought iron rather oddly painted sky blue.
Despite being of Scottish heritage, I find all of that very interesting. Bear and I once climbed King Alfted's Tower on the Stourhead Estate, a place I highly recommend visiting if you're ever anywhere near there.
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He did capture the musculature nicely here, didn't he? And that posterior is handsome, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is one of his best in terms of both muscle depiction and posterior.
DeleteYes, the Victorians were obsessed with the Anglo-Saxons, as the lobby between the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster duly demonstrates with its huge illustrations. I think this had something to do with the Great Reform Acts which widened the franchise and gradually ushered in true democracy. The Anglo-Saxons were a largely classless society and their kings elected. The king's "earls" were a "function" rather than a class. Muybridge also lived at Kingston-upon-Thames, which in Roman times, contained the first bridge spanning the river to the West from London Bridge, which was first erected by the Romans. Kingston-upon-Thames was also the traditional, pre-Christian place for the crowning of Anglo-Saxon kings, who were seated on a stone for the ceremony, like the Stone of Scone in Scotland. It is still to be seen in the town, with a listing several of the kings crowned upon it, their names, such as Muybridge's, spelt in the original Old English, and surrounded by some Victorian wrought iron rather oddly painted sky blue.
ReplyDeleteDespite being of Scottish heritage, I find all of that very interesting. Bear and I once climbed King Alfted's Tower on the Stourhead Estate, a place I highly recommend visiting if you're ever anywhere near there.
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