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Queen Victoria

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

Alfred Drury
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London)
1904

Description

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria, depicted as she would have been at her first jubilee in 1887, wearing full regalia, crowned, and with a wreath symbolising her status as Empress of India.
The statue is flanked by two stone lions.

Inscription(s)

VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Signed: alfred drury a.r.a. / sculptor
iohn w simpson architect
singer frome / founder

Annotation

Unveiled 4 May 1904 by the Prince of Wales (George V).

Sculptor

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

Sources & Information

Jane Winfrey, Bradford's Sculpture Trail, Bradford City Centre Management, 2003 (PDF on-line).
Wikipedia, List of statues of Queen Victoria.

Locatie (N 53°47'28" - W 1°45'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh012; Photograph: 31 July 2012
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