The auction of the architect's model of Nelson's Column has revealed that the monument was intended to stand 30ft taller than it does - but the project was cut down to size by Government officials ...

But how long have you spent really contemplating that spiritual centre of London, Nelson's Column ... Column, in 1867. The sculptor Edwin Landseer used some artistic license, after his model ...

A scale model of Nelson's column by its designer William Railton is up for auction, and it reveals that the landmark should have been 30ft higher than it is. Since the column is one of the ...

In fact, it would be another 37 years before the iconic 169ft Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square ... the French in the conflict. A scale model, designed by Philip and Matthew Cotes Wyatt ...