Beloit College

 
Joseph McMillan
 
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Joseph McMillan
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13 November 2012 17:26
 

Just happened across this—nice piece of work.

http://www.beloit.edu/reason/images/340056.jpg

 

Full story at:  http://www.beloit.edu/campus/news/?story_id=340066

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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15 November 2012 15:47
 

Great find, great project.  I am a bit curious as to the colors—at least on my screen the field looks grey. ??

 
Alexander Liptak
 
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16 November 2012 02:35
 

Michael F. McCartney;96568 wrote:

Great find, great project.  I am a bit curious as to the colors—at least on my screen the field looks grey. ??


The field of the escutcheon and the mantling both appear to be grey from the colours on my screen.

 
Joseph McMillan
 
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16 November 2012 08:29
 

The article says the carving is fairly old and is just now being restored.  I expect the gray is actually a faded blue.  Beloit’s colors are blue and gold.

The college also has a coat of arms on its seal—not the same arms but related.  I suspect the carved version was an attempt to make the arms more distinctive and heraldic.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Beloit_seal.jpg

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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16 November 2012 22:19
 

Blue makes sense.  Hopefully (but not very) the restorer will come to the same conclusion.