Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)

Image credit: Royal Holloway, University of London

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A life-size figure of Queen Victoria seated with figures of the four cardinal virtues, on a plinth.

Royal Holloway, University of London

Egham

Title

Queen Victoria (1819–1901)

Date

1887

Medium

marble

Measurements

Plinth: H 223 x W 366 x D 367 cm (E);
H 293 x W 229 x D 224 cm (E)

Accession number

2020.7

Acquisition method

commissioned in 1883, unveiled in 1887

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

on sculpture: Gleichen 1887

Inscription description

coat of arms on front of plinth: Honi soit qui mal y pense / Dieu et mon droit; plaque on back of plinth: Victoria / Queen of Great Britain and Ireland / Empress of India / opened the / Royal Holloway College / June 30 1886 / in the 50th year of her reign

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Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX England

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