"The Model Career: a very small business. Illustrated talk" Topic
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Captain dEwell | 05 Apr 2014 6:22 a.m. PST |
Of interest to some I trust, in the south-west London/north-east Surrey area, a forthcoming illustrated talk by Ben Taggert, who made the Nonsuch Palace models.
Organised by The Friends of Nonsuch on Wednesday, 9th April 2014 – 7.30 pm. Tickets £10.00 GBP on the door to include refreshments. To book in advance use our contact form and details will be e-mailed to you/020 8643 1948. Non-members are welcome. For those of you with SatNav the post code is SM3 8AL. Enter by the Cheam Gate Entrance on the Ewell Road (A232), Cheam, Surrey (near Sutton). modelhouses.co.uk/index.asp link to Ben Taggert friendsofnonsuch.co.uk link to Friends of Nonsuch link link to Friends of Whitehall. |
Cheriton | 05 Apr 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
Cap'n: Of interest to some I trust Very much so. As usual you have the advantage of me in location, geography & history. Would be nice to causally opt for the above this Wednesday evening
Sadly, "a sense of history" around here rarely extends much beyond when the first McDonald's franchise arrived in the area. Hence our attempts to make return visits
Cheers, |
legatushedlius | 05 Apr 2014 10:21 a.m. PST |
I'm tempted as it's only ten miles from me. Can you just turn up or do you have to book in advance? I couldn't see anything about it on the website. |
Captain dEwell | 05 Apr 2014 11:35 a.m. PST |
Hi legatusuhedlius, Call the number provided and leave your name, then collect and pay for the ticket(s) on the evening. Check out Ben's webpage, if you haven't already – he really is very talented. As aye, D'Ewell *** Cheriton, I shall raise (yet another) glass to you my absent friend |
Cheriton | 05 Apr 2014 4:19 p.m. PST |
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Marc the plastics fan | 06 Apr 2014 7:54 a.m. PST |
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EricThe Shed | 06 Apr 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
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Captain dEwell | 09 Apr 2014 2:40 p.m. PST |
It appears that Ben Taggert is the great-great-grandson of Captain William Siborne, a British officer and military historian whose most notable work was a history of the Waterloo campaign and the fabulous topographical model of the battle of Waterloo, currently displayed at The National Army Museum, Chelsea. Talent obviously runs deep in the family as both his parents were accomplished artists. The contours are scaled twice the size of the width measurements to illustrate the difficulties of the manoeuvring armies on what, otherwise, was a relatively gentle rolling landscape. Apparently, in a nice twist, Ben has been invited to repair his distant relative's model at the Museum, next year.
Ben recommended a book called A Model Battle by Malcolm Balen (Harper Perennial), 2006, described as a retelling of the Battle of Waterloo, based on unpublished soldiers' written accounts. "Siborne gathered together eyewitness accounts that read as if the battle was fought yesterday. But his quest for truth came up against the might of the British establishment. Who had won the day? Was it Wellington's forces or Blucher's Prussians? Malcolm Balen tells how two battles of Waterloo were fought – for Europe's future, and for the control of history". link Also of interest, Siborne began/perfected the method of shading maps to provide contours, as below in his map of Waterloo.
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