List of statues of Queen Victoria
This is a list of statues of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.[1][2]
United Kingdom
Scotland
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Aberdeen[3] Queen's Cross |
1893 | Charles Bell Birch | |
Aberdeen Aberdeen's Town House. Originally on the corner of St. Nicholas and Union Streets |
1866 | Alexander Brodie | |
Balmoral Balmoral Estate |
1887 | ||
Dundee Albert Square |
1899 | Harry Bates | |
Edinburgh[4] |
1837 | Sir John Steell | |
Leith[5] Foot of Leith Walk |
1907 | John Stephenson Rhind | |
Glasgow[6] |
1897–1914 | Albert Hodge | |
Glasgow George Square |
1854 | Baron Marochetti | |
Glasgow Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green |
1890 | ||
Paisley Dunn Square |
1901 | Francis John Williamson |
North East England
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Newcastle |
1906 | Sir George Frampton | |
Newcastle St Nicholas Square |
1901 | Sir Alfred Gilbert | |
South Shields Outside South Shields Town Hall |
1913 | Sir George Frampton | |
Tynemouth Front Street |
1902 | Alfred Turner | |
North West England
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Blackburn |
1905 | Sir Bertram Mackennal | |
Carlisle Bitts Park |
1902 | Thomas Brock | |
Chester Forecourt of Chester Castle |
1903 | Frederick William Pomeroy | |
Queen Victoria Memorial
Lancaster Dalton Square |
1906 | Herbert Hampton | |
Liverpool |
1870 | Thomas Thornycroft | |
Victoria Monument Liverpool |
1906 | C. J. Allen | |
Manchester |
1901 | Edward Onslow Ford | |
Statue of Queen Victoria St Helens Victoria Square |
1905 | Sir George Frampton | |
Salford |
1857 | ||
Southport Neville Street |
Sir George Frampton | ||
Yorkshire and the Humber
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Bradford Morley Street / Little Horton Lane |
1904 | Alfred Drury | |
Harrogate Victoria Gardens, Station Square |
1887 | ||
Kingston upon Hull |
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Kingston upon Hull Queen Victoria Square |
1903 | J.S. Gibson | |
Leeds Woodhouse Moor Park (Originally outside Town Hall) |
Sir George Frampton | ||
Scarborough Borough Gardens |
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Sheffield Endcliffe Park (Originally outside Town Hall) |
1904 | ||
Wakefield Castrop Rauxel Square (Originally placed in Bull Ring, moved to Clarence Park in 1950, returned to city centre in 1985) |
1905 | Francis John Williamson | |
York West Bank Park, York (Originally Guildhall) |
1905 | George Walker Milburn, 1844-1941 | |
West Midlands
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Birmingham |
1951 (after original of 1901) | William Bloye (bronze cast of marble original by Sir Thomas Brock) | |
Newcastle Under Lyme |
1903 | CB Birch | |
Royal Leamington Spa Town Hall, The Parade |
1901 | Albert Toft | |
Worcester Shire Hall, Foregate Street |
1887 | Sir Thomas Brock | |
East Midlands
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Derby Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby |
1906 | CB Birch | |
Nottingham Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment |
1905 | Albert Toft | |
East Anglia
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Ipswich Christchurch Mansion (Melted down for munitions in 1943) |
1904 | ||
Woodbridge Memorial Garden, Market Hill |
1888 | J. Wormleighton | |
South East England
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire Abbey Grounds |
1887 | ||
Brighton, Sussex Victoria Gardens |
1897 | ||
Canterbury, Kent |
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Colchester, Essex Colchester Town Hall |
1902 | L.J. Watts | |
Egham, Surrey |
Gleichen | ||
Harwich, Essex Marine Parade, Dovercourt |
1904 | ||
Hastings, Sussex Warrior Square Gardens, St Leonards-on-Sea |
Francis John Williamson | ||
Hove, Sussex Grand Avenue |
1897–1901 | Sir Thomas Brock | |
Gravesend, Kent Darnley road |
1897 | ||
Gravesend, Kent Gravesend Borough Market |
1898 | ||
Maidstone, Kent High Street, Maidstone |
1862 | John Thomas | |
Newbury, Berkshire Victoria Park |
1902–3 | ||
Portsmouth, Hampshire Guildhall Square |
1903 | Alfred Drury | |
Reading, Berkshire Friar Street |
1887 | George Blackall Simonds | |
Southend-On-Sea, Essex Clifftown Terrace |
1897 | ||
Windsor, Berkshire |
1887 | Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm | |
(Victoria and Albert in Saxon dress)[8] |
1867 | William Theed | |
Winchester, Hampshire Winchester Castle Great Hall |
1887 | Sir Alfred Gilbert |
Greater London
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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City of London |
1893 and 1896 | Charles Bell Birch | |
City of London |
1891–6 | William Hamo Thornycroft[9] | |
Croydon Town Hall, Katherine Street |
1903 | Francis John Williamson | |
Kensington and Chelsea |
1893 | Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll | |
Kensington and Chelsea Imperial College |
1888 | ||
Lambeth St Thomas's Hospital |
1873 | Matthew Noble | |
Westminster |
c. 1898–1902 | Sir Thomas Brock | |
Westminster |
1911 | Sir Thomas Brock | |
Westminster |
2007 | Catherine Laugel | |
Woolwich |
1906 (erected) | Pomeroy, Frederick WilliamFrederick William Pomeroy[10] | |
South West England
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Barnstaple |
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Burleston Athelhampton House Gardens |
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Queen Victoria |
1888 | Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm | |
Exeter Little Queen Street |
1848 | ||
Weymouth Esplanade, outside St John's Church |
1902 | ||
Wales
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Wrexham |
1904 | Henry Price[11] | |
Llandudno Monument and Fountain, Happy Valley Park |
1887 |
Northern Ireland
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Belfast |
1903 | Sir Thomas Brock | |
Derry |
Europe (other)
France
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Nice[12] Quartier Cimiez |
1912 | Louis Maubert |
Republic of Ireland
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Cork
University College Cork |
1849 | "A local Cork sculptor" |
Gibraltar
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Governor's Parade | 1910 | Unknown |
Jersey
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Jersey Victoria Park |
1887 | Georges Wallet |
Malta
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Valletta[13][14] |
1891 | Giuseppe Valenti |
North America
Canada
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Hamilton |
1908 | Philippe Hébert[15] | |
Kitchener, Ontario |
1911 | Cavaliere Raffaele Zaccaquini[16] | |
Victoria Memorial |
1872 | Marshall Wood | |
Montreal[17] |
1899 | Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll | |
1901 | Louis-Philippe Hébert | ||
1871 | Marshall Wood | ||
Quebec City |
1897 | Marshall Wood | |
1903 | Mario Raggi | ||
1914 | Allen Bruce Joy | ||
Queen Victoria Statue, Winnipeg |
1904 | George Frampton |
Caribbean
Bahamas
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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1905 | John Adams-Acton | ||
Belize
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Guyana
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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(Queen Victoria Monument)[18] |
1894 | H. R. Hope Porter |
Jamaica
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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1897 | Emanuel Edward Geflowski |
Oceania
Australia
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Queen Victoria Statue. Victoria Square, Adelaide | 1889 | Charles Bell Birch | |
Queen Victoria Statue. Queen Victoria Square. Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat | 1897–1900 | Bertram Mackennal | |
Queen Victoria Statue. Rosalind Park. Pall Mall, Bendigo | 1903 | James White | |
Brisbane Queens Gardens |
1906 | Thomas Brock | |
(Queen Victoria Memorial)[19] |
1907 | James White | |
Perth Kings Park |
1903 | Francis John Williamson | |
Sydney General Post Office building, Martin Place |
1883 | Signor Giovanni Fontana | |
Queen Victoria Monument. Eastern Park (formerly of Market Square). Geelong, Victoria. | 1903 | ||
Queen Victoria Queen Victoria Building, Druitt Street, Sydney |
1904 (in Dublin) 1987 (in Sydney) |
John Hughes | |
Sydney Queen's Square |
1888 | Joseph Boehm |
New Zealand
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Auckland |
1899[20] | Francis John Williamson[21] | |
Christchurch[22] Victoria Square |
1903[23] | Francis John Williamson[24] | |
Dunedin[25] Queens Gardens |
1905[26] | Herbert Hampton[25] | |
Wellington Cambridge Terrace / Kent Terrace |
1905[27] | Alfred Drury[27] (copy of his Portsmouth, England statue) |
Asia
Hong Kong
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Hong Kong Victoria Park |
1896 | Mario Raggi[28] |
India
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore[29][30] |
1906 | Thomas Brock | |
Kolkata[31] |
1921 | Thomas Brock | |
Kolkata[32] Victoria Memorial |
1901 | George Frampton | |
Kolkata |
1875 | Marshall Wood | |
Mathura |
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Chennai Southern side of the Madras University[33] |
1887 | ||
Vizagapatam Vizagapatam Old Town, near State Bank of India Building[34][35] |
1904 |
Malaysia
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Tugu Peringatan Ratu Victoria, Penang Victoria Green |
1930 |
Sri Lanka
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Colombo[36] National Museum of Colombo |
1897 | George Edward Wade |
Thailand
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Bangkok British Embassy, Bangkok |
1903 |
Yemen
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Aden Prince of Wales Crescent, Tawahi |
1905 | S.C Tweed |
Africa
Egypt
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Port Said, Egypt
Sultan Hussein Quay |
1904 – no longer exists, for reasons unknown |
Kenya
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor |
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Nairobi, Kenya | 1906 – destroyed by vandals February 2015 | Unknown |
South Africa
Image | Location | Date | Sculptor | |
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Port Elizabeth[37][38] Market Square |
1903 | E. Roscoe Mullins | ||
Cape Town[39][40] Cape Town Parliament |
1903 | E. Roscoe Mullins | ||
Cape Town
Seaport |
1897 | |||
Durban Francis Farewell Square |
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Kimberley |
1906 | Mario Raggi | ||
King William's Town Maclean Square |
1899 | |||
Pietermaritzburg Langalibalele Street |
1887 | E. Roscoe Mullins |
References
Footnotes
- ↑ Steggles, Mary (2000). Statues of the Raj. Putney, England: BACSA. pp. Entire book covers the statues sent to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia with details of their commission. ISBN 978-0907799740.
- ↑ Steggles, Mary; Barnes, Richard (2011). British Sculpture in India: New Views and Old Memories. Norfolk, UK: Frontier Publications. pp. The book has essays and details of all of the statues of Queen Victoria commissioned along with images. ISBN 978 1 872914411.
- ↑ "Queen's Cross, Queen Victoria Statue, Aberdeen". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ "77a Princes Street, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ "Leith Walk, Queen Victoria Statue, Edinburgh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ "Monument to Queen Victoria", National Recording Project, Public Monuments & Sculpture Association, retrieved 23 February 2014
- ↑ "The Queen Victoria Memorial for York" (1905). Yorkshire Herald. 5 May, p4, col7.
- ↑ Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by William Theed at the Royal Collection.
- ↑ Ward-Jackson 2003, p. 327
- ↑ Historic England. "Woolwich Town Hall (1289668)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ "Others". Buildings of Wrexham. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ Banerjee, Jacqueline. "A Review of Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera, by Michael Nelson". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ George Cini (March 30, 2011). "Queen gets good scrub in Valletta". Times of Malta. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ↑ Jacqueline Banerjee (March 15, 2010). "Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=LAHVvAl8tE8C&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=queen+victoria+statue+in+gore+park+hamilton+was+designed+by&source=bl&ots=duTbXZd8oX&sig=pQ-0bRrKyGKMa5a5Yu3Uu6EXw7Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk8OL2vYrLAhVMKh4KHWsnCzMQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=queen%20victoria%20statue%20in%20gore%20park%20hamilton%20was%20designed%20by&f=false
- ↑ http://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/47478/data
- ↑ Daniel McCabe, Claudio Calligaris (Spring–Summer 2010). "A feast for the eyes". McGill News. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ↑ National Trust Guyana. "Queen Victoria Monument". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ↑ Sean Goedecke (October 10, 2011). "Queen Victoria Memorial". Weekend Notes. On Topic Media. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ René and Peter van der Krogt. "Queen Victoria". Statues – Hither & Dither. vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Queen Victoria Statue, Albert Park". dayout.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Queen Victoria Statue". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ Gavin Mclean. "Queen Victoria statue". New Zealand History online. History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ The Blue Quasar (March 22, 2009). "Statue of Queen Victoria – Christchurch". Waymarking.com. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- 1 2 Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand Sculpture: A History. Auckland: Auckland University Press. pp. 26, 28. ISBN 9781869402778. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ BruceS. "Queen Victoria Statue – Dunedin, New Zealand". Waymarking.com. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- 1 2 "Queen Victoria". Wellington Sculptures. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ Wiltshire 2012, p. 15.
- ↑ Meera Iyer (February 4, 2013). "Empress of all she surveys". Deccan Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ Niranjan Kaggere. "City's 'airbrushed' Queen Victoria inspires a thesis". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Frampton's Jubilee Monument for Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ Sampathkumar, S (16 August 2014). "Forlorn statue of Victoria (Queen Empress of India) at Madras University". Sampath Speaking. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Benjamin, Ravi P (21 July 2012). "Fading into oblivion" (Vizagapatam). The Hindu. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Eminent Families of Vizag". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Fernando, Kishanie S. (5 February 2012). "Colombo 07 : Cinnamon Garden but no cinnamon tree". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ↑ "People from near and far". Cape Town Partnership. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "Queen Victoria Statue". Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Statues and Busts – Queen Victoria in Cape Town". The All at Sea Network. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Queen Victoria Statue". Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
Bibliography
- Ward-Jackson, Philip (2003). Public Sculpture of the City of London. Public Sculpture of Britain. 7. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
- Wiltshire, Trea (2012). A Stroll Through Colonial Hong Kong. FormAsia Books Ltd. ISBN 978-988-15562-3-3.
External links
- Media related to Statues of Victoria of the United Kingdom at Wikimedia Commons