The South Bank Lion

[truepenny]

Because the world is full of randomly awesome things, and the Internet helps you find them:

The South Bank Lion, photo & history here, another photo here. He's not made of stone, but of something called Coade stone, which was perfected in 1770 by Eleanor Coade--the Wikipedia article points out that she did not invent Coade stone, but she made it into something that could produce the South Bank Lion, who's been around, in one place or another, since 1837.

Comments

[hunningham.livejournal.com]

I know the lion, but next time I see him I'll look with more interest & respect. Thankyou