Silhouette of Edward Pellew

[marine_lapwing]

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Very handsome. I love the fish table. This is another example of the 18th century obsession with little tiny feet.

It is no use at all wishing men dressed that way now. I would totally be willing to give up my sweatshirt and wear an empire gown, just to see it!

[anteros_lmc]

I love the fish table.
That is a Kennedy table if ever I saw one!! Those odd fishy dolphin things are one of the heraldic emblems of Clan Kennedy and you can see them all over Culzean Castle! Here's one on a cannon.

[eglantine_br]

Somebody needs to write a kid-fic about the dolphin creatures. Don't you think a little child would imagine stories abou them?

[anteros_lmc]

Oh yes! I can just imagine all kinds of stories! Sadly kid-fic is not my forte, I'll have to leave that to you :)

[marine_lapwing]

Wow! I saw a heraldic emblems of Clan Kennedy, but I did not pay attention to the similarity of the dolphins. : (
I like this cannon! :)

[anteros_lmc]

It's a very pretty cannon isn't it?! It sits on the battlements at Culzean pointing towards Kintyre and Ireland.

[vespican]

Technically speaking, I think this might be a howitzer or a mortar, rather than a cannon.
Dave

[shepet]

Mortar :)

[vespican]

Despite how I wrote it, mortar was and is my first choice.
Dave

[shepet]

And rightly so!(с) :)
This gun has a barrel length less than 6 times its caliber. Ergo mortar.
Besides, it is heavy and stationary, in contrast to howitzers.