Lonely at the Top: c. 1830s Graphite and Charcoal Drawing of Obelisk Monument candle holder historic events

historic events

Photos don't convey his scale--he's a full 24 inches when stood up--with jointed arms and legs

Earlyish 20th century I believe and in great condition

And orange

but still holds them together fine

Lonely at the Top: c. 1830s Graphite and Charcoal Drawing of Obelisk Monument candle holder historic eventsThe momument portrayed here, I know from a little searching, is the Obelisk at Newtown Park in Dublin, erected in 1727 by Viscount Lord Allen as a monument mausoleum for his wife (she was ultimately buried elsewhere, and legend has it that Joshua Allen, the 2nd Viscount of Stillorgan, had his favourite horse buried beneath it instead!) In any event, this drawing fairly closely follows an engraving of it published by Fisher, Son & Co. London, in 1832,