Victoria Monument, Dalton Square, Lancaster, UK
Herbert Hampton's bronze statue was installed in 1907 – six years after Victoria's death. I wonder how Edward VII felt about his late mother being commemorated so grandly.
Notoriously, from one angle the Queen seems to be emulating the Mannikin Pis; given the way she's holding the sceptre, you can probably work it out for yourself.
I was puzzled by the resemblance of the winged figure on the orb (a statue on a plinth, on a statue on a plinth) to that on Berlin's Siegessäule (Victory Column), until remembering that she's the Classical Roman personification of victory, Victoria. Obvious, really.
Victoria Monument, Dalton Square, Lancaster, UK
Herbert Hampton's bronze statue was installed in 1907 – six years after Victoria's death. I wonder how Edward VII felt about his late mother being commemorated so grandly.
Notoriously, from one angle the Queen seems to be emulating the Mannikin Pis; given the way she's holding the sceptre, you can probably work it out for yourself.
I was puzzled by the resemblance of the winged figure on the orb (a statue on a plinth, on a statue on a plinth) to that on Berlin's Siegessäule (Victory Column), until remembering that she's the Classical Roman personification of victory, Victoria. Obvious, really.