Monarchs - Queen Victoria - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
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dtrebilc
N 54° 58.216 W 001° 36.710
30U E 588861 N 6092364
This seated statue of Queen Victoria stands in St. Nicholas Square near to the Cathedral.
Waymark Code: WMNECV
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/27/2015
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The bronze statue was erected to commemorate 500 years of the shrievalty (the jurisdiction of a sheriff) of Newcastle.
Sculpted by Alfred Gilbert and unveiled by Countess Grey in April 1903 - two years after Queen Victoria’s death - the statue was a gift from WH Stephenson, a company director and politician who held the office of mayor in Newcastle seven times.
The pedestal is inscribed on its front face ‘Victoria RI 1837 -1901’ and ‘THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS’.
The statue depicts her seated under a canopy topped with a helm and crown. She is in full ceremonial dress, holding a sceptre in her right hand and an orb in her left.
It is a grade II* English Heritage Listed Building.
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. She was awarded the title of The Empress of India in 1877. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set.
She had 9 children during her marriage to Prince Albert. Their nine children and 26 of their 34 grandchildren who survived childhood married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe"
Victoria had been a much loved figure before and after she became queen, but after he died in 1861 aged only 42, she fell into a state of depression and largely withdrew from public life. However after 20 years or so, she slowly re-entered public life and after her jubilees was fully restored to public favour.