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The Guildhall

Derry

Title

Queen Victoria (1819–1901)

Date

1898

Medium

Carrara marble

Measurements

H 206 x W 90 x D 82 cm;
Plinth: H 118 x W 117 x D 110 cm

Accession number

33.5

Acquisition method

commissioned and erected by public subcription, 1898

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

right side of base: F.J.WILLIAMSON, SC / ESHER, SURREY

Inscription description

VICTORIA / REGINA ET IMPERATRIX / THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE ACCESSION TO THE THRONE / OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND / OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJEST, / QUEEN VICTORIA, / IN THE MAYORALTY OF / ALDN JOHN B. JOHNSTON, J.P., 1897-98, / UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY / THE RIGHT HON. / GEORGE HENRY EARL CADOGAN, K.C., / LORD LIEUTENANT / GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVERNOR OF IRELAND, / ON THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1898.

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