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Queen Victoria

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

Charles Bell Birch
Hollinshead & Burton
1900

Description

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria crowned, with orb and sceptre. Unveiled 1 March 1900.

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

Inscription(s)

VICTORIA
R. & I.
1837 - 1897
erected by public subscription
in commemoration of
her majesty's
diamond jubilee.

Signature

c.b. birch. sc.
hollinshead & burton | founders | thames ditton.

Sculptor

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

Sources & Information

Guernsey Museums and Monuments, Victoria Statue.

Locatie (N 49°27'33" - W 2°32'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gg07; Photograph: 6 August 2015
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