Statues - Hither & Thither

Great Britain

London
London
Greater London

Blackfriars Bridge (EC4)

Queen Victoria

London 1819 - Osborne House 1901
Queen of Great-Britain, 1837-1901
(Wikipedia)

Charles Bell Birch
1896

Description

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria crowned, with orb and sceptre.

Inscription(s)

VICTORIA R.I.

1896

presented
to the citizens of london by
SIR ALFRED SEALE HASLAM
in token of
friendship to themselves
and loyalty to
her majesty queen victoria
——
rt. hon. sir walter wilkin, knt
lord mayor
——

Signature

c.b. birch. a.r.a. 1893

Annotation

Bronze cast of a marble original in Udaipur in India from 1889 (removed in 1947). Other casts are in Aberdeen, Adelaide (Australia) and St. Peter Port (Guernsey).

London - Queen Victoria

Sculptor

Charles Bell Birch (Brixton 1832 - 1893), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of London.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
Wikipedia, List of statues of Queen Victoria.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 64-67.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 114.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 73.
Center for British Art, Statue of Queen Victoria 1889.

Location (N 51°30'39" - W 0°6'15")

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