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Happy Valley Park

Queen Victoria

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

Horace Montford
1890

Description

Bronze bust of Queen Victoria with with crown and sash, in a canopy in the form of a baldachino.

Inscription(s)

1887
ANNUS JUBILÆUS.

Incised in stone on front of fountain on the four sides of pedestal (now partly unreadable):

This Fountain was erected in the Happy Valley to
commemorate the Jubilee of the Reign of Her

Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and Empress
of India by The Right Hon. Lady August Mostyn.

upon land presented to the Town of Llandudno by
her Son the Right Hon. Llewelyn 3rd Baron Mostyn.

E. Jones J.P. Chairman
C E Clerk and Engineer
Llandudno Improvement Commissioners

Signed: HMontford / march.25.1887

Llandudno / Gedenkbank regeringsjubileum koningin Wilhelmina

Sculptor

Horace Montford (Shrewsbury 1841-1918), British sculptor (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).

Locatie (N 53°19'49" - W 3°49'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa139; Photograph: 30 July 2012
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