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Charles Robinson Sykes (18 December 1875 – 6 June 1950) was an English sculptor, best known for designing the Spirit of Ecstasy mascot which is used on Rolls-Royce cars. Early life. Sykes was born in 1875 in Brotton, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, England. Sculpting career
Eleanor Velasco Thornton posing next to Montagu's Silver Ghost, circa 1911. On the bonnet is seen the Spirit of Ecstasy.. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called Eleanor, Silver Lady, or Flying Lady, was designed by Sykes, a graduate of London's Royal College of Art, and carries with it a story about secret passion between Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the ...
Eleanor Velasco Thornton was the name adopted by Nelly Thornton, born at 18 Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London. Her father was Frederick Thornton, an Australian telegraph engineer; her mother was Sarah Ann Thornton. Despite stories that her mother was Spanish, possibly circulated due to her dark complexion, her mother's family were from humble ...
Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015) was a British aristocrat and Conservative politician, best known for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivotal cause célèbre following his 1954 conviction and imprisonment for alleged homosexual activity, a ...
Vice President Harris fielded questions from reporters traveling with her in Michigan on Thursday and said she hoped to sit down for an extended interview before the end of the month. Harris has ...
The report covers Uber's lost item data from April 2023 to March 2024. The top 10 most-forgotten items list comes as no surprise to frequent ride-hailers. In order, passengers left: clothing ...
His work Spirit of Ecstasy (a full-size Rolls-Royce car with a Spirit of Ecstasy emblem on the bonnet, made from thousands of cheap Chinese toys) was realized with the support of the Art Stations Foundation of Grażyna Kulczyk. In 2009 he moved to London, where he broadened the field of his activities with the art of design.
A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they're doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up. The ...