01-09-2025, 07:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2025, 09:49 PM by Man From Ironbark.)
Eleanor Velasco Thornton was the name adopted by Nelly Thornton.
At 22, she was the secretary of John Edward Scott-Montagu, who became the second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu in 1905. She became his mistress and they had an illegitimate daughter, Joan Eleanor Thornton, whom she gave up for adoption. Thornton posed for sculptor Charles Sykes and may[1] have been the model for his Spirit of Ecstasy,[2] which is used as the bonnet/hood ornament on cars manufactured by Rolls-Royce, as well as a precursor sculpture, The Whisperer.
Dave, you caught an interesting sunrise there.
I find the beginnings and ends of days to change very quickly when trying to photograph them. Still remarkable in my minds eye is this shot where the sun had been shining through and reflecting on the water as I was driving closer to the lake's edge but by the time I got out of the car, the only shot I got was this.
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At 22, she was the secretary of John Edward Scott-Montagu, who became the second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu in 1905. She became his mistress and they had an illegitimate daughter, Joan Eleanor Thornton, whom she gave up for adoption. Thornton posed for sculptor Charles Sykes and may[1] have been the model for his Spirit of Ecstasy,[2] which is used as the bonnet/hood ornament on cars manufactured by Rolls-Royce, as well as a precursor sculpture, The Whisperer.
Dave, you caught an interesting sunrise there.
I find the beginnings and ends of days to change very quickly when trying to photograph them. Still remarkable in my minds eye is this shot where the sun had been shining through and reflecting on the water as I was driving closer to the lake's edge but by the time I got out of the car, the only shot I got was this.
Happiness simply is.
There need be no pursuit.
There need be no pursuit.