Spain and Portugal - Monument collumn - Barcelona
Spain and Portugal - Monument collumn - Barcelona - column with lions at 4 corners and figure on top. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. At the very top of the monument stands a 7.2 m (24 ft) tall bronze statue atop a 40 m (131 ft) tall Corinthian column. The statue was sculpted by Rafael Atche and is said to depict Columbus pointing towards the New World with his right hand, while holding a scroll in the left. It is a commonly held belief that instead of pointing to the west towards the New World, the statue points east towards Columbus's supposed home city of Genoa
Picture No
11059076
Media ID
44928694
Size
3829px x 4764px
(5.4MB)
Credit
©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed Lantern Slide from the Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust
Date
circa 1900
