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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