List of statues of Queen Victoria

This is a list of statues of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom

England

Image Location Date Sculptor
Birmingham

Victoria Square

1951 (after original of 1901) William Bloye (bronze cast of marble original by Sir Thomas Brock)
Blackburn

Blackburn Cathedral

1905 Sir Bertram Mackennal
Brighton

Victoria Gardens

1897
Bradford

Morley Street / Little Horton Lane

1904 Alfred Drury
Queen Victoria

Bristol
College Green

1888 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm
Croydon

Town Hall, Katherine Street

1903 Francis John Williamson
Hastings

Warrior Square Gardens, St Leonards-on-Sea

Francis John Williamson
Hove

Grand Avenue

1897–1901 Sir Thomas Brock
Kingston upon Hull

Pearson Park

Queen Victoria Memorial

Lancaster Dalton Square

1906 Herbert Hampton
Leeds

Woodhouse Moor Park

Sir George Frampton
Liverpool

St. George's Hall

1870 Thomas Thornycroft
Victoria Monument

Liverpool
Derby Square

1906 C. J. Allen
London

Royal Exchange

1891–6 William Hamo Thornycroft[1]
London

Kensington Gardens

1893 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
London

Blackfriars Bridge

1893 and 1896 Charles Bell Birch
London

Carlton House Terrace

c.1898−1902 Sir Thomas Brock
Victoria Memorial

London
The Mall

1911 Sir Thomas Brock
London

Victoria Square

2007 Catherine Laugel
Manchester

Piccadilly Gardens

1901 Edward Onslow Ford
Newbury

Victoria Park

1902–3
Newcastle

Royal Victoria Infirmary

1906 George James Frampton
Newcastle

St Nicholas Square

1901 Sir Alfred Gilbert
Nottingham

Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment

1905 Albert Toft
Portsmouth

Guildhall Square

1903 Alfred Drury
Reading

Friar Street

1887 George Blackall Simonds
Royal Leamington Spa

Town Hall, The Parade

Statue of Queen Victoria
St Helens

Victoria Square

1905 Sir George Frampton
Salford

Peel Park

1857
Scarborough

Borough Gardens

Sheffield

Endcliffe Park

1904
Southend-on-Sea

Clifftown Terrace

1897
Southport

Neville Street

Sir George Frampton
South Shields

Outside South Shields Town Hall

Tynemouth

Front Street

Wakefield

Clarence Park

1904 Francis John Williamson
Weymouth

Esplanade, outside St John's Church

1902
Winchester

Winchester Castle Great Hall

1887 Sir Alfred Gilbert
Windsor

Windsor Castle

1887 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm
(Victoria and Albert in Saxon dress)[2]

Windsor
Frogmore Mausoleum

1867 William Theed
Worcester

Shire Hall, Foregate Street

1887 Sir Thomas Brock

Scotland

Image Location Date Sculptor
Aberdeen[3]

Queen's Cross

1893 Charles Bell Birch
Dundee

Albert Square

1899 Harry Bates
Edinburgh[4]

Royal Scottish Academy

1837 Sir John Steell
Edinburgh[5]

Foot of Leith Walk

1907 John Stephenson Rhind
Glasgow[6]

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

1897–1914 Albert Hodge
Glasgow

George Square

1854 Baron Marochetti
Paisley

Dunn Square

1901 Francis John Williamson

Northern Ireland

Image Location Date Sculptor
Belfast

City Hall

1903 Sir Thomas Brock
Londonderry

Guildhall

Wales

Image Location Date Sculptor
Wrexham

Bellevue Park

1904 Henry Price[7]

Europe (other)

France

Image Location Date Sculptor
Nice[8]
Quartier Cimiez
1912 Louis Maubert

Jersey

Image Location Date Sculptor
Jersey
Victoria Park
1887 Georges Wallet

Malta

Image Location Date Sculptor
Valletta[9][10]

Republic Square

1891 Giuseppe Valenti

North America

Bahamas

Image Location Date Sculptor

Nassau, Bahamas

1905 John Adams-Acton

Canada

Image Location Date Sculptor
Victoria Memorial

Montreal
Victoria Square

1872 Marshall Wood

Montreal[11]
Royal Victoria College, McGill University

1899 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

Ottawa
Parliament Hill

1901 Louis-Philippe Hébert

Victoria
British Columbia Parliament Buildings

1914 Allen Bruce Joy

Belize

Image Location Date Sculptor

Orange Walk Town

Jamaica

Image Location Date Sculptor

Kingston

1897 Emanuel Edward Geflowski

South America

Guyana

Image Location Date Sculptor
(Queen Victoria Monument)[12]

Georgetown
High Court

1894 H. R. Hope Porter

Oceania

Australia

Image Location Date Sculptor
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)[13]

Melbourne
Queen Victoria Gardens

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
Auckland

Albert Park

1899[14] Francis John Williamson[15]
Christchurch[16]

Victoria Square

1903[17] Francis John Williamson[18]
Dunedin[19]

Queens Gardens

1905[20] Herbert Hampton[19]
Wellington

Cambridge Terrace / Kent Terrace

1905[21] Alfred Drury[21] (copy of his Portsmouth, England statue)

Asia

India

Image Location Date Sculptor
Bangalore[22][23]

Cubbon Park

1906 Thomas Brock
Kolkata[24]

Victoria Memorial

1921 Thomas Brock
Kolkata[25]

Victoria Memorial

1901 George Frampton
Kolkata

Indian Museum

1875 Marshall Wood
Mathura

Government Museum

Chennai

Southern side of the Madras University[26]

1887
Vizagapatam

Vizagapatam Old Town, near State Bank of India Building[27][28]

1904

Sri Lanka

Image Location Date Sculptor
Colombo[29]
National Museum of Colombo
1897 George Edward Wade

Hong Kong

Image Location Date Sculptor
Hong Kong
Victoria Park
1896 Mario Raggi[30]

Africa

Kenya

Image Location Date Sculptor
Nairobi, Kenya 1906 - destroyed by vandals February 2015 Unknown

South Africa

Image Location Date Sculptor
Port Elizabeth[31][32]

Market Square

1903 E. Roscoe Mullins
Cape Town[33][34]

Cape Town Parliament

1903 E. Roscoe Mullins
Durban
Francis Farewell Square
Pietermaritzburg
Langalibalele Street
1887 E. Roscoe Mullins

References

Footnotes

  1. Ward-Jackson 2003, p. 327
  2. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by William Theed at the Royal Collection.
  3. "Queen's Cross, Queen Victoria Statue, Aberdeen". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  4. "77a Princes Street, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. "Leith Walk, Queen Victoria Statue, Edinburgh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  6. "Monument to Queen Victoria", National Recording Project (Public Monuments & Sculpture Association), retrieved 23 February 2014
  7. "Others". Buildings of Wrexham. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  8. Banerjee, Jacqueline. "A Review of Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera, by Michael Nelson". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  9. George Cini (March 30, 2011). "Queen gets good scrub in Valletta". Times of Malta. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  10. Jacqueline Banerjee (March 15, 2010). "Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  11. Daniel McCabe, Claudio Calligaris (Spring–Summer 2010). "A feast for the eyes". McGill News. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  12. National Trust Guyana. "Queen Victoria Monument". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  13. Sean Goedecke (October 10, 2011). "Queen Victoria Memorial". Weekend Notes. On Topic Media. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  14. René and Peter van der Krogt. "Queen Victoria". Statues - Hither & Dither. vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  15. "Queen Victoria Statue, Albert Park". dayout.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  16. "Queen Victoria Statue". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  17. Gavin Mclean. "Queen Victoria statue". New Zealand History online. History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  18. The Blue Quasar (March 22, 2009). "Statue of Queen Victoria - Christchurch". Waymarking.com. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand Sculpture: A History. Auckland: Auckland University Press. pp. 26, 28. ISBN 9781869402778. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  20. BruceS. "Queen Victoria Statue - Dunedin, New Zealand". Waymarking.com. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  21. 21.0 21.1 "Queen Victoria". Wellington Sculptures. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  22. Meera Iyer (February 4, 2013). "Empress of all she surveys". Deccan Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  23. Niranjan Kaggere. "City’s 'airbrushed' Queen Victoria inspires a thesis". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  24. "Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  25. "Frampton's Jubilee Monument for Queen Victoria". The Victorian Web. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  26. Sampathkumar, S (16 August 2014). "Forlorn statue of Victoria (Queen Empress of India) at Madras University". Sampath Speaking. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  27. Benjamin, Ravi P (21 July 2012). "Fading into oblivion" (Vizagapatam). The Hindu. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  28. "Eminent Families of Vizag". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  29. Fernando, Kishanie S. (5 February 2012). "Colombo 07 : Cinnamon Garden but no cinnamon tree". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  30. Wiltshire 2012, p. 15.
  31. "People from near and far". Cape Town Partnership. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  32. "Queen Victoria Statue". Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  33. "Statues and Busts - Queen Victoria in Cape Town". The All at Sea Network. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
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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.

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