My World Tuesday: The Pilgrim Monument, Waterbury, Connecticut

Here are details of the Pilgrim Monument in Waterbury, Connecticut. I posted an image of the frieze yesterday.

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  1. Anonymous3:31 PM

    Great detail of a beautiful monument!
    Well done!
    Cheers, Klaus

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  2. Ol' William doesn't look any friendlier close up. Nice job on these. They really convey the power of the sculpture.

    I caught a few frames this morning on the way in to work that might interest you. Soon as I get home and get them off the camera I'll send you some.

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  3. Great shots! Love the details of the close-ups! Beautiful monument! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Nice detail shots. I'm amazed by the intensity in his eyes and the softness captured through stone.

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  5. Anonymous3:52 PM

    Great shots!

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  6. I always associate the Pilgrims with Massachusetts. Hmmm. See, blogging is so educational. ;-)

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  7. Hi Sandy,

    the way you took or cropped these photos all close up makes them look like rock people that actually live in the rocks. I love the effect!

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  8. Sandy: Thanks for showing this great shot of this art work, beautiful.

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  9. Seeing them so close up just conveys how talent of the sculpter. Always a skill I have admired.

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  10. Anonymous5:01 PM

    I'm so glad you posted these details. It truly is a powerful monument and nice seeing the individual faces close up.

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  11. Anonymous5:05 PM

    really neat details. personally i find it hard to really zoom in with my little p/s camera.

    hope you have a blessed week.

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  12. Beautiful work and shots.

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  13. These are great works of art! Beautiful and impressive casting of the faces.

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  14. GREAT works of art! One can gaze for hours.

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  15. interesting closeups-shows how families are always important in any society's growth and progress.

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  16. Great shots, I love the detail work, thanks for sharing.

    Have a great week!
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  17. The main character has the "Moses" look about him. Leader of the pack.

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  18. You always find the neatest things! It never ceases to amaze me what our hands can do. :)

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  19. Great photos. Look like sand sculptures.

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  20. Anonymous7:53 PM

    What a magnificent monument. The detail is gorgeous.

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  21. If and when I get this colonial book going again, I'm going to let you be my designated reader :-)

    Love the close-ups of the artwork...D

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  22. Thanks for posting the details of the monument.

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  23. Sandy these details are simply beautiful ... the artist really put emotions in the faces of these dead stones ... brought them alive! Oh look at those intriguing eyes.

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  24. Beautiful shots Sandy!

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  25. Anonymous10:32 PM

    Beautiful, and yet a little eerie, seeing the faces floating by themselves in the sea of stone.

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  26. hello sandi, these are great details. thanks for sharing.

    My contribution this week is the beautiful island-paradise of Camiguin posted here

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  27. Wonderful closeups.

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  28. The closeup show us more of the fine details!

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  29. That Pilgrim in stone---that's what I call a hard man! He definately was not an old softie.

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  30. Pics such as yours make the My World meme extra-special. There must be some history / story beind that stone-work?

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  31. This is so beautiful. You always find the most wonderful things to show in "your" world!

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  32. Sandy, these details of the monument are really nice and interesting too.
    I also enjoyed your poem of the 28th February.

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  33. These monuments are so lovely. With all the different expressions.

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  34. Nice expressive details in these shots...

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  35. Nice shots of te details and the the whole sculpture in the post below.

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  36. these are great stone works! nice details. :D

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  37. Great photos of this monument!

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  38. Hello Sandy!
    How've you been?
    recently I've been busy at work.
    By the way did you see Academy award on TV?
    I saw it on news!

    I'm giving you an award on my blog.
    If you feel like it, please take it!

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  39. I'm always amazed by the power of stone sculptures to inspire. They become town leaders in a way.

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  40. There's a marvellous gentility to some of those.

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  41. I like how this meme makes us go and view life differently

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  42. The talent of some sculptors just amaze me. Whoever this is made the characters come alive.

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  43. Forgot to say I left a comment on the one below also.

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  44. Wonderful sculptures, the skill involved never fails to amaze me.

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  45. Great shots! Thanks for sharing, Sandy!

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  46. Interesting photos ~ thanks for sharing!

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  47. Anonymous7:21 PM

    Wow! I wonder how it holds up in rain, since it appears to be molded out of chocolate chip cookie dough.

    -Greg
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  48. There is so many different emotions and depth of character in all the faces. The sculpter knew what they were doing!

    Thanks for sharing these great pics with us!

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  49. Well sculpted, plenty of character on show.

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  50. Awesome photos! Great post.

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  51. Is that carved into rock? What a wonderful monument it is. Thanks for sharing it.

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  52. thanks for the close up shots. now we get to appreciate the details.

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  53. I love the progress, enlarging the angle of shot, discoring each time a new character. It's like a game.
    Well-done Sandy.

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  54. In my view, the Harrub Pilgrim Memorial belongs to the great artistic monuments in the world. Hermon Atkins MacNeil is a very fine artist. I am awed with the expressions on the faces of the pilgrims.

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