Statue

Queen Victoria at Guildhall

Erection date: 1870

Site: Three queens at Guildhall (3 memorials)

EC2, Basinghall Street, 71

Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall library by Sir Horace Jones.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria at Guildhall

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Queen Victoria

Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria at Guildhall

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John Wesley Seale

Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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