Monarchs, Queen Victoria - Sheffield, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 22.069 W 001° 30.202
30U E 599580 N 5914232
This statue of Queen Victoria was erected in 1904, 3 years after her death, in the south-east end of Endcliffe Park.
Waymark Code: WMZNWG
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/10/2018
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The statue is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Memorial statue. 1904, resited mid C20. By Alfred Turner. Over life-size standing bronze figure. Square rusticated concave sided Portland stone pedestal with cornice and small relief panel. On right and left, seated life-size bronze figures of Industry and Motherhood. Shaped corniced base with plinth, set on stepped foundation."
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There is an inscription on the plinth of the statue.
ERECTED
BY
CITIZENS OF SHEFFIELD
IN MEMORY OF
A
GREAT QUEEN
MDCCCCIV
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.