The General and the Elephants by sandra46
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Another view of the Fountain of the Elephants or the Arseless Four. It's seen from the opposite end of the street, with typical Turinese-style porches. I took the shot from under the castle, once the residence of the House of Savoy, and currently the Prefeture.
Benoit Leborgne, better known as Count de Boigne or General Count de Boigne (8 March 1751 - 21 June 1830), was a military adventurer from the Alps of French Savoy, who made his fortune and name in India. He was also named president of the general council of the French département of Mont-Blanc by Napoleon I.
The son of shopkeepers, Leborgne was trained in European regiments and then became a success in India in the service of Mahadaji Sindhia of Gwalior in central India, who ruled over the Maratha Empire. Sindhia entrusted him with the creation and organization of an army. He became its general, and trained and commanded a force of nearly 100,000 men organized on the European model, which allowed the Maratha Empire to dominate northern India and be the last native state of Hindustan to resist the British Empire. Along with his career in the army, de Boigne also worked in commerce and administration. Among other titles, he became a jaghir which gave him enormous land holdings in India.
After a turbulent life, Benît de Boigne returned to Europe, first to England, where he married a French emigrant after having repudiated his first, Persian wife; then to France during the Consulate, and finally back to Savoy (then an independent kingdom). He devoted the end of his life to charity in Chambéry, where he was born. The king of Piedmont-Sardinia (og the House of Savoy, much later King of Italy) gave him the title of Count.From 1814 until his death,de Boigne made many donations to the city of Chambéry, financing public and religious organizations, for welfare, education, and public works.
It looks that the citizen of Chambéry found this larger than life adventurer's generosity a bit cumbersome, if they took a petty revenge giving the monument honoring him that sneering sobriquet. Which confirms Thoreau's comment that if someone rings your doorbell to make your good, you should escape from the backdoor...
The Christmas decorations, are left until February,in the streets and the shops, the locals told me. BTW, I made some postwork on the photo. Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (55)
xpersona
Wow !!!! Doskonała praca. Masa szczegółów i detali. Świetnie wykonana . Wielki kunszt artysty. Pozdrawiam miło.
jeroni
Fantastic image
ShadowsNTime
Beautiful shot and terrific history! If it was up to me Christmas decor would be up year round:-) The statue is most intriguing!
jocko500
wow this is something to see. wonderful shot
Minda
excellent capture and great info sandra..
watapki66
Very impressive shot, excellent!
MOSKETON
FANTASTIC.
myrrhluz
Beautiful image and postwork! Excellent composition and colors!
bazza
Beautiful shot and post work and as always interesting Info / history, well done!!
danapommet
Magnificent capture and POV. Love the Christmas decorations. Very nice catch. Dana
psyoshida
What a fantastic history it's resembles a story for a novel. It probably has been. Great photo and very excellent postwork.
ysvry
great foto and story, post work i'm not so sure about what were u trying to achieve make the elephants look real ? maybe also show us the normal foto a little unsharpness doesnt matter ;)
renecyberdoc
great one again interesting trip into history.
lyron
Fantastic!!
virginiese
excellent capture and thanks for the information !
danob
Superb work it reminds me of the Crystal Palace before it was destroyed bravo
BertDes
Excellent capture.
Radar_rad-dude
Splendid photo and postwork! Magnificent descriptive full of interesting information written in such a marvelous style! Thank you again for sharing!
bebert
belle leçon d'histoire !! tres joli postwork sur cette photo.
erlandpil
Wonderful shot and great work erland
Nickieboy2004
Cool picture!
Chipka
Amazing shot and information. I love the fact that I can get these really interesting history lessons and cultural insights when I look at your art. In terms of the art by itself...WOW! You bring such intensity to your subject and endow it with such wonderful visual textures. Nothing is ever lost, but the image (this one in particular) pops! This is superb work.
Clearbeer
Excellent , well done!!
kasalin
Excellent image, beautiful scene and nice informations !!! 5* Hugs Karin :)
theprojectionist
Love this style