Dukes
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Craig Duke
Australia
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Matthew Duke
Australia
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Andrew Duke
United Kingdom
158 creative works found
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My CODEGRAPH tribute to the thin white duke
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As the majority of male leads left Hollywood to serve overseas, John Wayne saw his just-beginning stardom at risk. Despite enormous pressure from his inner circle of friends, he put off enlisting. Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status, classified as 3-A (family deferment). Wayne’s secretary recalled making inquiries of military officials on behalf of his interest in enlisting, “but he never really followed up on them.” He repeatedly wrote to John Ford, asking to be placed in Ford’s military unit, but continually postponed it until “after he finished one more film.” Republic Studios was emphatically resistant to losing Wayne, especially after the loss of Gene Autry to the army. Correspondence between Wayne and Herbert J. Yates (the head of Republic) indicates that Yates threatened Wayne with a lawsuit if he walked away from his contract, though the likelihood of a studio suing its biggest star for going to war was minute. The threat was real, but whether Wayne took it seriously or not, he did not test it. Selective Service Records indicate he did not attempt to prevent his reclassification as 1-A (draft eligible), but apparently Republic Pictures intervened directly, requesting his further deferment. In May, 1944, Wayne was reclassified as 1-A (draft eligible), but the studio obtained another 2-A deferment (for “support of national health, safety, or interest”). He remained 2-A until the war’s end. John Wayne did not “dodge” the draft, but he never took direct positive action toward enlistment. Wayne was in the South Pacific theatre of the war for three months in 1943–44, touring U.S. bases and hospitals as well as doing some “undercover” work for OSS commander William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, who thought Wayne’s celebrity might be good cover for an assessment of the causes for poor relations between General Douglas MacArthur and Donovan’s OSS Pacific network. Wayne filed a report and Donovan gave him a plaque and commendation for serving with the OSS, but Wayne dismissed it as meaningless. The foregoing facts influenced the direction of Wayne’s later life. By all accounts, Wayne’s failure to serve in the military during World War II was the most painful experience of his life. There were some other stars who, for various reasons, did not enlist. But Wayne, by virtue of becoming a celluloid war hero in several patriotic war films, as well as an outspoken supporter of right-wing political causes and the Vietnam War, became the focus of particular disdain from both himself and certain portions of the public, particularly in later years. While some hold Wayne in contempt for the paradox between his early actions and his later attitudes, his widow suggests that / Wayne’s rampant patriotism in later decades sprang not from hypocrisy but from guilt. Pilar Wayne wrote, “He would become a ‘superpatriot’ for the rest of his life trying to atone for staying home.” Wayne’s strong anti-communist politics led to a particularly unnerving situation. Information from Soviet archives, reported in 2003, indicates that Joseph Stalin ordered Wayne’s assassination, but died before the killing could be accomplished. His successor, Nikita Khrushchev, reportedly told Wayne during a 1958 visit to the United States that he had personally rescinded the order. This work was create as an entry into the United States group for the Veteran’s contest. I created this image with overlays of my photographs, an image created with Apophysis Fractal art program, edited with Photoshop CS3, Paintshop Pro and Micrografx. Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, but his name was changed to Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. His family was Presbyterian. His father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was of Irish and Scots-Irish and English descent, and the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (20 January 1845–05 December 1915). Wayne’s family moved to Palmdale, California, and then to Glendale, California in 1911, where his father worked as a pharmacist in a drug store. A local fireman at the firehouse on his route to school in Glendale started calling him “Little Duke”, because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He preferred “Duke” to “Marion”, and the name stuck for the rest of his life. So He became known as The Duke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writings are the copyright of the artist – © amari, amarica. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying, distributing and/or selling any image without prior written consent from the artist is strictly prohibited and subject to any and all legal remedies.
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Also available as in long sleeve for those cold Darwin nights…
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It’s a private joke
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An early morning image of Ullswater in the English Lake District with the Duke of Portland boathouse reflecting on the lake.
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I thought I was due for some more floral macros. / Enjoy! Copyright Notice: / All images are the property of ©Leah Highland and may not be used wholly or in part without the prior written permission by email, including copying, duplicating, manipulating, printing, / publishing (even on a web site), reproducing, storing, or transmitting by any means.
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Iron Duke. HDR
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Dukes of hazzard replica …
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The very scenic drive between Aberfoyle and Callander.Great in autumn.
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Just taking a brief break from Africa. I took this on a road trip through Arizona. It reminded me a bit of outback Australia. This is the famous Monument Valley where John Ford shot many classic John Wayne westerns. Classic cowboy country,
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Beautiful Loch Achray at her best in the Autumn.
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One of my more successful (I think, but what do I know) oil paintings. The British rail locomotive, ‘Iron Duke’ of the Britannia class prepares to haul the Golden Arrow. This is a straightforward scan of the painting with no manipulation and was painted three or four years back when I was feeling very inspired by the works of Terence Cuneo.
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As you can see he is not an easy dog to manipulate, he does it his way, or not at all, This believe it or not is his idea of posing. haha
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This ‘pass’ or road links the town of Aberfoyle with Brig o’ Turk and Callander over some of the prettiest scenery in the Lomond and Trossachs National Park Since 1885, when the Duke of Montrose constructed a road over the eastern shoulder of Craigmore to join the older road at the entrance of the Trossachs pass, Aberfoyle has become the alternative route to the Trossachs and Loch Katrine; this road, known as the Duke’s Road or Duke’s Pass, was opened to the public in 1931 when the Forestry Commission acquired the land.
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Ben Ledi is a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland. It is 879 m (2884 ft) high, and is classified as a Corbett. By road it lies about eight kilometres (5 miles) north-west of Callander, and is situated in the Trossachs hills, which are often regarded as having some of the most romantic scenery in the Highlands. Ben Ledi is particularly well known through Walter Scott’s poem Lady of the Lake. Its name is supposed to point to the time when Beltane rites were observed on the summit. A cairn was built on the top in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. A small lochan, Lochan nan Corp, lies at 655 m above sea level about 1.5 km to the north of the summit. The name means “the little loch of the dead”, and is named for an accident to a funeral party at which 200 lives were lost. The eastern slopes of Ben Ledi are owned by the Forestry Commission, and form part of the Queen Elizabeth II Forest Park. A constructed path leads from a car park on the A84 road just south of Loch Lubnaig to the summit, a distance of just over 3 km. An alternative route following Stank Glen leaves the shores of Loch Lubnaig about 1.5 km north of the start of the main route, reaching the summit ridge near Lochan nan Corp. The two routes may be combined to give a circular walk of about 9 km. The Ben Ledi ridge continues north, dropping down to about 600 m before climbing again to the summit of Ben Vane, another Corbett located about 5 km north by northwest of Ben Ledi.
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I shot these photos this morning in my garden, and inside. I plonked my adorable parrot “Dukie Duke” onto my fence because his colours looked like they really matched the lovely fall colour mix from my garden..;) I added that comma butterfly as well (I shot that photo earlier this year). ;)
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Original design, colour enhanced in Photoshop CS2
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Duke Kahanamoku Monument - Freshwater Headland , Sydney Australia
by Philip JohnsonUS$4.99–US$114.00
BEST VIEWED LARGER Freshwater Beach will always remember that day in the Southern Summer of 1915 when the great aquatic Hawaiian, Duke Kahanamoku gave an amazing exhibition of wave riding with a solid surfboard modelled on the very type used by him in his native Hawaii. Over a period of time while he stayed at the Boomerang Camp at Freshwater, the Duke fashioned a solid board from the local timbers, and it was with this board that he first introduced to the Australian Surfing community the ancient craft of Hawaiian kings – the art of surfboard riding. Out through the surf-break “The Duke” paddled, turned around and having paddled onto the face of a breaking wave, caught the wave back into the beach while standing tall on this newly carved timber surfboard. This exhibition of skill and grace captivated the imagination of all those present, and if this were not enough, the Duke selected a young lady from the local crowd – one Miss Isabel Letham – to accompany him on his surfboard. While she lay forward on this surfboard, the Duke paddled out through the surf and then returned to the beach while riding tandem. / / ‘Surf’s up!’ was the cry heard one morning on Oahu’s south shore. Enthusiastic young men grabbed their surfboards and rushed to Waikiki to try to ride the big “Bluebirds,” giant waves that sweep in from Diamond Head and streak across in a solid line as far as Honolulu Harbor. The day closed with only one of those daring surfers defeating the tremendous waves. On his 16-foot, 114-pound surfboard, Duke Kahanamoku successfully challenged the dangerous Bluebird for a thrilling, one-and-three-quarter miles. Exhausted, he dragged his board onto the beach to the sound of cheers and applause from a crowd of admiring spectators on Waikiki Beach.”
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Obviously heavily based on a certain lovely Rock Icon and the hub bub that surrounded him and persons like him. It’s a joke, you know.. he got a lot of static, but he was still beautiful!
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Like the other Thin White Duke tribute shirt, based on the same picture, but more painterly.
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I have uploaded this pic for the simple reason that one of my ‘watchers’ has asked me to do so. I have slightly ‘tweaked the contrast’, but otherwise, the pic is an exact duplicate of the colour original. The house is the ancestral home of the Duke of Devonshire, and as such, lies in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, arguably one of the most scenic parts of the UK.
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This magnificent life size bronze statue of The Duke of Wellington mounted on a rearing horse was sculpted by Sir John Steel (1804 – 1891) and erected outside Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1852 among much celebration. The Duke himself was so pleased that he commissioned two further versions of the sculpture, one for his home, Apsley House and the other for Eton London. The tower on the right is Nelson’s Monument which replaced an existing mast on Calton Hill’s summit with a signal-tower high enough to be visible to ships on the river Forth and commemorates Admiral Lord Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The stone structure is 106 ft high with 143 steps from a base 456 ft above sea level. The really smart aspect of this tower is the time signal installed at its top in 1852 to enable ships’ captains to set their chronometers accurately. A large time-ball drops on weekdays, at 12pm in Winter and 1pm in Summer coinciding with the firing of Edinburgh Castle’s One o’Clock Gun. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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