The shield has long since vanished, and some modern experts now argue that Vasari’s account may have been little more than a myth. According to a 1550 account by art historian Giorgio Vasari, the painting was so realistic that it initially frightened Leonardo’s father, who considered it a macabre masterpiece and secretly sold it to a group of Florentine merchants. Painted when the Italian master was in his youth, this early work supposedly took the form of a shield emblazoned with a creature inspired by the snake-haired Greek monster Medusa. Several of Leonardo da Vinci’s works have been lost to time, but the “Medusa Shield” is perhaps the most mysterious. These descriptions later served as an inspiration for Frederic Bartholdi’s design of the Statue of Liberty. No drawings of the Colossus of Rhodes survive today, but ancient sources note that Helios was depicted standing with a torch held in his outstretched hand. The once mighty statue then lay in ruins for another several centuries before Arab merchants sold off its remains for scrap. But while the Colossus surely proved an incredible sight for visitors to the city’s bustling harbor, it stood for only 56 years before toppling in a 226 B.C. The behemoth stood 110 feet tall, and reportedly took the sculptor Chares of Lindos a full 12 years to complete. Each of the 104 people awarded a Churchill Fellowship is driven by the desire to make positive change in Australia in an area of importance to their communities.One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this massive bronze statue of the sun god Helios towered over the Greek city of Rhodes for most of the 3rd century B.C. Tim is one of the newest group of Australia’s most passionate and determined people and proud recipients of the prestigious Churchill Fellowship for 2023. This project will allow a glimpse of Australia’s first contact with Japan and earliest encounter with the Pacific to be staged at major Australian cultural institutions ahead of the bicentenary of the Convict’s daring escape. “These discoveries and the exhibition will shed new light on Australia’s first cross-cultural contact with Japan and our Pacific neighbours.” said Tim. Tim will be bringing this tale of mutiny and adventure back to Australia where he, along with Aya Hatano intend to develop it into a major touring exhibition. “We wish Tim the best of luck on his travels and cannot wait to see what treasure he unearths from those archives!” said Adam. Tim hopes to unearth artefacts connected to what he calls “Australia’s greatest convict escape story.” Retracing the convict’s steps will take Tim deep into archives across the Pacific, Japan and the United Kingdom. Tim intends to expand on Nick’s work, digging deeper into this fascinating episode of history.Īdam Davey, CEO of the Churchill Trust said “Fellowships like Tim’s are incredibly engaging, and we at the Churchill Trust are excited to watch on as Tim delves into this intriguing moment in history,” Nick unearthed and translated a series of illustrated Samurai manuscripts, adding immense detail to what had previously been dismissed as a pirate’s tall tale. The pirate’s story was not substantiated until 2017 by Japan based historian Nick Russell. Swallow’s account detailed a voyage across the Pacific to England, with an 11 day sojourn in Japan along the way.” “Convict William Swallow would testify at his 1830 trial at London’s Old Bailey that he and four other escaped convicts mutinied and hijacked the Cyprus Brig in Van Diemen’s Land. Already an accomplished storyteller, Tim is excited to expand on this tale of daring as he embarks on his Churchill Fellowship to Japan, Marshall Islands, the UK, and Tonga to research the Cyprus Brig pirates in archives across these nations. “When five escaped convicts on trial for piracy in London in 1830 claimed they visited Japan, their daring escape from Tasmania across the Pacific made headlines around the world,” said Tim. Tim will retrace the journey of escaped convicts who sailed a hijacked ship from Tasmania across the Pacific to Japan, before their return to England in 1830. Timothy Stone, Victorian journalist and new recipient of a Churchill Fellowship is about to embark on a pirate chase, looking for a very different type of treasure, including in Samurai records of Japan. Media release – Winston Churchill Trust, 18 October 2023 Aussie journalist sets sail on a pirate chase of a different kind
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