Spirit of Ecstasy by Fred255

Photography • Transportation • posted on Aug 29, 2007

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**Best Viewed Full Size** Thank you for looking any comments or suggestions welcome :) Sitting on top of the chrome plated aluminium grille, the Spirit of Ecstasy is an iconic mascot recognised the world over. Claude Johnson originally commissioned the sculptor Charles Sykes to produce a mascot worthy of his cars in 1911. Sykes is claimed to have used a woman by the name of Eleanor Velasco Thornton as his model, and the resulting sculpture has graced Rolls-Royce cars ever since.

Comments (9)

aljaysart

5:39AM | Wed, 29 August 2007

Excellent capture.

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alhak

7:50AM | Wed, 29 August 2007

superb capture

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Stringy

8:12AM | Wed, 29 August 2007

Nice tones to give it that old feel. Excellent!

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JeffG7BRJ

8:17AM | Wed, 29 August 2007

Nice shot of this beautiful lady, real classy photo in BW David. I used to be a tyre fitter in Sheffield, 1977 a bloke came in for 5 tyres and balance and tracking. He had his 'Spirit of Ecstasy' gold plated. I changed all his tyres and did the other work, when I went to tell him it was ready, he gave me 1 shilling or 5 new pence, 10cents. Thats how they afford to drive them, I gave it back to him and told him he needed it more then me.

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Janiss

8:43AM | Wed, 29 August 2007

This object is fabulous!!!!! Amazing shot and this treatment is perfect Fred! Are you french?... it's more simple for me for comments!;-) I had many things to say!

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