A winter sunrise on Ingram Street in Glasgow, with Carlo Marochetti’s 1844 Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington in the foreground topped by its characteristic road cone. The tradition of placing a road cone on this statue is thought to have begun as a drunken prank in the 1960s. For years, the local council tried to discourage the practice and regularly removed any cones placed there. However, by the early 2000s, it had started to become one of the most photographed statues in the city, and the council relented. It’s now become an unofficial symbol of the city. This photograph was taken by Colin M. Drysdale early on a December morning, when the sun rises above the buildings at the eastern end of Ingram Street.
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