Queen Victoria - Hull, UK
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N 53° 44.622 W 000° 20.354
30U E 675462 N 5958292
This statue was completed in 1903, two years after Queen Victoria’s death.
Waymark Code: WM14N5R
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/30/2021
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Details of the statue
The statue is cast in bronze, standing on a stone plinth and depicts Queen Victoria wearing full regalia, crowned with the imperial crown and holding an orb and sceptre.
During her reign Victoria was the titular head of a large empire and the plinth is flanked by two seated allegorical figures representing her power. The 'Mistress of the Seas' has a trident in one hand and a ship in the other, and the 'Dominion of the Land' holding a little building representing power in one hand, and in the other a globe.
The architect of the statue was J.S. Gibson and was sculpted by Henry C. Fehr, and is in a prominent central position in Victoria Square which was named after her.
It was unveiled by the Prince and Princess of Wales and the plinth has two inscriptions.
erected
by public subscription
to commemorate
the reign of
her
most gracious majesty
QUEEN VICTORIA
born 1819
ascended the throne 1837
died 1901
this statue
was unveiled by
his royal highness
THE PRINCE OF WALES
12th may 1903
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W. Alfred Gelder
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Mayor
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H.C. Fehr sculptor
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J.S. Gibson architect
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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.