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Title
Prince Albert (1819–1861)
Medium
bronze & polished granite
Measurements
H 280 x W 140 x D 140 cm (E);
Plinth: H 273 x W 182 x D 182 cm
Accession number
DN31_PR_S033
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
31/10/74
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
inscribed on right side of base of statue: MODELLED by W.THEED of LONDON / CAST by CH.LENZ of NUREMBERG 1879.
Inscription description
inscribed letters, black painted, on front: ALBERT, / PRINCE CONSORT, / Born 26th August 1819 Died 14th December 1861 / HE LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE / ROYAL DOCK, GREAT GRIMSBY, / ON THE 18TH APRIL 1849, / AND THE DOCK WAS OPENED ON THE / 27TH MAY 1852.; on the right side: TO COMMEMORATE THE / INAUGURATION AND COMPLETION / OF THESE GREAT WORKS THIS MEMORIAL / HAS BEEN ERECTED BY / SIR EDWARD WILLIAM WATKIN. M.P. / CHAIRMAN OF THE / MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN / SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY / 1879. On the back: EXTRACT FROM SPEECH OF THE / PRINCE CONSORT / ON THE 18TH APRIL 1849. (the speech is then quoted); on the left side: THE NEW DOCK / CONNECTING THE ROYAL DOCK / WITH THE OLD DOCK / WAS OPENED BY THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES / THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES / ON THE 22ND JULY 1879.