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A life-size bronze statue on grey Aberdeen granite pedestal and base with a low surround with four small granite bollards. The standing statue of Queen Victoria is wearing royal regalia with crown and veil and facing south. She holds a sceptre in her right hand and an orb in her left. The orb is surmounted by the winged figure of Victory. Around the angle of the bronze plinth are festoons of laurel and in front, a cartouche bearing the letters: V. R. I. The dado of the granite plinth is embellished with four low relief bronze panels with allegorical figures representing Commerce, Education, Science and Art, and Empire. South facing panel (Empire): In the centre sits a female figure holding a pair of scales in her right hand, symbolic of Justice.
North facing panel (Science and Art): A central seated female figure is embracing a child who is sitting on an anvil with an electrical machine in his hands. Behind him stands a youth holding a piece of machinery. On her left is a figure of a boy with a palette and brush and at his feet are a mallet, chisel and compasses.
East facing panel (Education): A mother and child. She is seated and has a book upon her knees, from which she is teaching the child to read. Standing behind them are three scholars of different ages, engaged in study.
West facing panel (Commerce): In the foreground kneels an eastern trader, with his wares spread out in front of him. He is offering them for sale to two merchants, who stand looking down at the goods. Behind is a figure with a vase in his hands. The sea is visible in the background and a galley with sails set.
Title
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Date
c.1897–1901
Medium
grey granite, grey marble & bronze
Accession number
BN3_LS_S016
Acquisition method
commissioned by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
9th February 1901
Listing date
02/11/92
Access
at all times
Inscription description
south face, base of plinth: ERECTED / BY . THE . INHABITANTS . OF . HOVE / TO . COMMEMORATE . THE . SIXTIETH . ANNIVERSARY / OF . THE . ACCESSION . OF / QUEEN . VICTORIA / JUNE . 20 . A.D . 1897; inscription on the lower section of the pedestal, north face: BORN 24 MAY 1819 / DIED 22 JAN 1901.; starting from the south face and circling the top part of the plinth anticlockwise above the bronze reliefs: VICTORIA . DEI . GRA / BRITANNIAR . REGINA / FIDEI . DEFENSOR / IND . IMPERATRIX; below the east face bronze relief: EDUCATION; below the west face bronze relief: COMMERCE; below the north face bronze relief: SCIENCE AND ART; below the south face bronze relief, facing the sea: EMPIRE
Grand Avenue, Hove
BN3 2LS
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