The sign for The Antelope
Introduction
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The sign for The Antelope
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 17 Nov 2010
This is the sign for Image at the top of Lawton Street. Originally this animal would have been painted a little more flamboyantly, with a mane, a long tail and looking fawn-like so that they appeared more heraldic. More modern sign painters, however, prefer to depict them in a more natural stance. The antelope, and sometimes just the antelope's head, has long been associated with heraldry and appears in many coats of arms and emblems, including royal ones such as Henry V and Henry VI. My grateful thanks to Trish Steel ( http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9274 ) for her help in the research for this.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.162728
Longitude
-2.206646