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[Paco]

FR54-68
Ezekiel “Zeke” Williams (1775-1844)
Scale 54 mm
Sculptor: Antonio Zapatero Guardini
Painter: Danilo Cartacci
Material: white metal
http://www.meridianaitalia.com/

 

[Edward]

Fantastic. La Meridiana are bringing out some great figures at the moment.

 

[megroot]

Great figure and paintwork.

Marc

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Same as Marc
How is Ezekiel “Zeke” Williams ?

Ezekiel "Zeke" Williams (1775-1844) - Trapper, trader and frontiersman, Ezekiel was born in Kentucky about 1775 where he went to school. More familiarly called Zeke, he grew up to marry and fathered a son. by 1807, he was in St. Louis and worked his way up the Missouri River trapping along the way. He joined Manuel Lisa and helped to construct Fort Raymond at the confluence of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Rivers. Zeke returned to St. Louis with Manuel Lisa in 1808 and the following year, accompanied the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company back up the river, working out of Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota.

In 1810, he was trapping along the upper Arkansas River and later joined the Arapaho Indians, with whom, he was thought to have spent the years of 1812-13 with them in New Mexico. By December, 1814, he was back in St. Louis, Missouri. While he had been trapping along the Arkansas River, he was working with Jean Baptiste Champlain, who had been killed along the way. Some accused him of Champlain's death and stealing his furs, but this was most likely unjust. He married again and was farming near Franklin in 1814 and later moved to Boonville, Missouri in 1823. In 1827, he led a party to Santa Fe, New Mexico and returned safely. He then moved to Benton County, Missouri, where he died on December 24, 1844.
More on :
http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/research/ezekiel-williams.html

 

[davidmitchell]

Another wonderful creation from La Meridiana.

Cheers David

 

[Adrian Cowdry]

Wonderful paint job. Good looking figure

 

[Paco]

 

[swralph]

Lovely figure

 

[bonehead]

Another great sculpt!

 

[alamac]

Great sculpt and beautifully painted
Cheers
Al

 

[frank h]

Full of character really like this

Frank

 

[DEL]

Favourite figure of the year so far
Cheers
Derek

 

[smudger1960]

Brilliant figure,as Del says one of the best in this scale so far this year