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The location of NGC 3576 (circled in red) NGC 3576 is a bright emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula. It is also approximately 100 light years across and 9000 light-years away from Earth. [3] It was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel on 16 March 1834. [4]
Wearing a wide brimmed hat, a book in the left hand and a model church in the right hand. St. Jerome: 121: St Gregory: 1867–69: James Redfern: Wearing a papal tiara, a dove on the right shoulder and a sceptre in the left hand. St. Gregory: 122: St Augustine of Hippo: 1867–69: James Redfern: Wearing a mitre, a crozier supported on left wrist.
A plaster model of the first design of Alma Mater in 1900. Plans for a statue in front of Low Memorial Library began upon the completion of the building in 1897. When Charles Follen McKim, the building's main architect, designed a set of stairs that would lead up to the building, he included an empty granite pedestal in the middle on which a statue might sit. [2]
He holds the sceptre in his hand, the emblem of power, while at his feet lies a tamed lion. On the side of the base facing Porta San Lorentino is a bas-relief attributed to the Aretine sculptor Ranieri Bartolini (1794-1856) which depicts, through an allegory, the Union between the Chiana valley and the Arno.
The Sceptre is also a part of coronation regalia, with the same 1661 origins. Unlike the religious symbolism of the orb, the three-foot-long staff represents the monarch’s power in the secular ...
Orb and sceptre in the coat of arms of Montenegro; several other coats of arms use them in the same manner. Chromolithograph of Jesus as a child, holding an orb and a crown of thorns Statue of Virgin Mary holding an orb
The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Millennium Spire or the Monument of Light [3] (Irish: An Túr Solais), [4] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height, [5] located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney) on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare of Dublin, Ireland.
The Spirit of Detroit is a monument with a large bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks and located at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Cast in Oslo, Norway, the 26-foot (7.9 m), 9-ton sculpture sits on a 60-ton marble base; it was the largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance .