Victoria Memorial

Victoria Memorial is a sculpture in London, in front of Buckingham Palace. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1466x1975, 578 KB) Victoria Memorial, London, England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1466x1975, 578 KB) Victoria Memorial, London, England. ... Download high resolution version (1199x1093, 336 KB)Photograph by Colin Gregory Palmer in 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1199x1093, 336 KB)Photograph by Colin Gregory Palmer in 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (965x1169, 308 KB)Photograph by Colin Gregory Palmer in 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (965x1169, 308 KB)Photograph by Colin Gregory Palmer in 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria memorial. ...

It was built by the sculptor Thomas Brock, in 1911. The surround was constructed by the architect Aston Webb, from 2,300 tons of white marble. 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Sir Aston Webb, portrait by Solomon Joseph Solomon, ca 1906 Sir Aston Webb (May 22, 1849 - August 21, 1930) was an English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ...

It has a large statue of Queen Victoria facing north-eastwards towards The Mall. The other sides of the monument feature dark patinated bronze statues of the Angel of Justice (facing north-westwards toward Green Park), the Angel of Truth (facing south-eastwards) and Charity facing Buckingham Palace. On the pinnacle, is Victory with two seated figures. The subsidiary figures generously gifted by the people of New Zealand. Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, née Hanover) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... The Mall, looking towards Buckingham Palace The Mall in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end. ... Green Park is also: the name given to the old Aston Clinton House site in Buckinghamshire, and; the name of a new business park just off the M4_motorway at Junction 11, on the outskirts of Reading, Berkshire (see www. ...

The whole sculpture has a nautical theme, much like the rest of the mall (Admiralty Arch etc). This can be seen in the mermaids, mermen and a hippogriff, all of which are suggestive of Britain ruling the waves. Categories: Stub | Monuments in London | National government buildings in London | Memorials ... The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ... Mermen are mythical male legendary creatures who are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, whose consorts were their female counterparts, the more commonly known mermaids. ... Roger and Angelique by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1819, portrays the scene from Orlando Furioso in which Roger, mounted on a hippogriff, rescues Angelique. ...

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