tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post5141033056660459591..comments2024-03-28T18:56:23.935-10:00Comments on Vintage Muscle Men: DerriereVintage Muscle Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-90830215358312252402021-11-14T23:02:48.057-10:002021-11-14T23:02:48.057-10:00I'll take a look at this "In the flesh&qu...I'll take a look at this "In the flesh". David Life modelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196698330275917017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-41750567903668793552021-11-12T14:14:01.956-10:002021-11-12T14:14:01.956-10:00Thanks, Tom. I share your uncertainty as to how s...Thanks, Tom. I share your uncertainty as to how suitable it is. I've been to Hyde Park Corner multiple times, but apparently don't remember it. The 1925 World War I Memorial at my alma mater, the University of Texas, has naked soldiers and sailors with huge swords, too, so maybe it's a 1920s motif of some sort.Vintage Muscle Menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-3557546105418500392021-11-12T13:56:05.655-10:002021-11-12T13:56:05.655-10:00The Machinegun Corps Memorial by Francis Derwent W...The Machinegun Corps Memorial by Francis Derwent Wood, R.A. (1871-1926). Bronze. 1925. Hyde Park Corner, London.<br />The inscription on the front of the monument has the Biblical quote "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands." I suppose the statue represents the young shepherd boy David who killed the giant Goliath and chopped off his head with Goliath's own sword.<br /><br />I am not sure why that would be a suitable memorial to the men of the Machinegun Corps who died in WWI, but there it is.<br /><br />-TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-60087053074037742502021-11-12T06:38:26.336-10:002021-11-12T06:38:26.336-10:00Sorry, but no.Sorry, but no.Vintage Muscle Menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-57011724488336969262021-11-12T03:32:42.997-10:002021-11-12T03:32:42.997-10:00Do you have any idea where this statue is?Do you have any idea where this statue is?Big Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118746091579056192noreply@blogger.com