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Portsmouth
Hampshire
South East England

Guildhall Square

Queen Victoria

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

Alfred Drury
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London)
1903

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

On the pedestal:

victoria
regina
et
imperatrix
1837 - 1901

Erected by
Public Subscription
during the Mayoralty of
Sir William T. Dupree
and unveiled on July 8^th 1903,
by Lady Dupree.

On the steps:

these stones were laid 19 december
1972 to mark the building of the
civic offices and guildhall square

Signature

a. drury, a.r. a. 1902
founders singers frome

Portsmouth - Queen Victoria

Sculptor

Alfred Drury (Islington, London 1859 - 1944), British architectural sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Tim Backhouse, ed., Memorials & Monuments in Portsmouth.
Wikipedia, List of statues of Queen Victoria.

Locatie (N 50°47'50" - W 1°5'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse005; Photograph: 9 September 2008 / updated: 10 August 2015
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