{"id":541,"date":"2017-06-29T13:58:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T13:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2017-06-29T13:58:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T13:58:34","slug":"the-maiwand-lion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/the-maiwand-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maiwand Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn.jpg 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a folk tale around the sculptor committing suicide over the lion&#8217;s legs being in an impossible position. However as far as I can determine it is completely untrue. He had spent time observing lions at London zoo.\u00a0 Very impressive beast.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/the-maiwand-lion\/maiwand\/\" class=\"wp-image-25\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"541\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/the-maiwand-lion\/olympus-digital-camera-6\/\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand4.jpg 912w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand4-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand4-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand2a-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/the-maiwand-lion\/olympus-digital-camera-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-23\" \/><figcaption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand1-1024x864.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/the-maiwand-lion\/olympus-digital-camera-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-22\" \/><figcaption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/the-maiwand-lion\/maiwand-lionn\/\" class=\"wp-image-16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn.jpg 541w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand-Lionn-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"654\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/olympus-digital-camera-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand2c.jpg 514w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Maiwand2c-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/Forbury-2a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11\" data-link=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/forbury\/forbury-2a-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-11\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a folk tale around the sculptor committing suicide over the lion&#8217;s legs being in an impossible position. However as far as I can determine it is completely untrue. 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