Lost and Found: Priestley & Dunbar’s 1907 Statue of Queen Victoria

[...]the committee was well positioned to invite one of Britain’s most prestigious sculptors, Thomas Brock, to create a bronze figure for Queen’s Park. [...]it was the site of many Hindu religious festivals, including Holi and Ganga Mela. [...]this white monument, in enduring metal and granite, to t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Victorian review 2018-04, Vol.44 (1), p.21-24
1. Verfasser: Steggles, Mary Ann
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:[...]the committee was well positioned to invite one of Britain’s most prestigious sculptors, Thomas Brock, to create a bronze figure for Queen’s Park. [...]it was the site of many Hindu religious festivals, including Holi and Ganga Mela. [...]this white monument, in enduring metal and granite, to the Great White Queen, will be admired every day by all women, gentle and simple, and it will become the subject of discussion in every zenana in Cawnpore. [...]he photographed six statues of Queen Victoria standing opposite five portraits of various government leaders alongside a statue of King George V in a new wing of the museum.
ISSN:1923-3280
0848-1512
1923-3280
DOI:10.1353/vcr.2018.0005