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Of myth and legend

Standing in Piccadilly Circus, London, above the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain, is this statue, erected by Alfred Gilbert in 1892-1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury, who was a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist.

The statue is that of a winged nude archer, sometimes referred to as The Angel of Christian Charity...and is generally believed to depict Eros but was intended to be an image of his twin brother, Anteros.

The sculptor Alfred Gilbert had already sculpted a statue of Anteros and, when commissioned for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, chose to reproduce the same subject, who, as "The God of Selfless Love" was deemed to represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury suitably. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying "reflective and mature love, as opposed to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant."
(wikipedia)

For Scavenge Challenge, January #18, Depict something mythological or legendary in an image.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Piccadilly Circus (show map)

Taken on: January 6, 2013

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