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Queen Victoria

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

Onslow Ford
1901

Description

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria seated on a marble throne, holding a sceptre in right hand, an orb in the left. Above her head is the royal coat of arms. On the top of the marble surround framing the statue is a figure of St George fighting the dragon.

Manchester - Queen Victoria

On the rear is a bronze sculpture of Motherhood, wearing a crown of roses and thorns and holds two infants in her arms. Beneath this statue a quotation from Henry IV let me bvt bear yovr love | i'll bear yovr cares.

Manchester - Queen Victoria

Inscription(s)

her most graciovs majesty
QVEEN VICTORIA
erected by the citizens of manchester in 1901 to commemorate
the completion in 1897 of the sixtieth year of her reign

Sculptor

Edward Onslow Ford (London 1852 - London 1901), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Greater Manchester.
Wikipedia, List of statues of Queen Victoria.
Bob Speel, Statues in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.
Terry Wyke and Harry Cocks, Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester, Liverpool University Press 2004, p. 119-121 (some parts on Google books).

Locatie (N 53°28'51" - W 2°14'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw031; Photograph: 17 June 2023
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