Statue of Queen Victoria, Brighton
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| Statue of Queen Victoria | |
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_(March_2013).JPG) The statue in 2013 | |
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| Artist | Carlo Nicoli |
| Year | 1897 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Subject | Queen Victoria |
| Location | Brighton, England |
| 50°49′26″N 0°08′12″W / 50.823788°N 0.136617°W | |
The Statue of Queen Victoria stands in Victoria Gardens in the centre of Brighton on the south coast of England. It was unveiled in 1897, the year of Victoria's diamond jubilee and is a Grade II listed building.
Multiple statues of Queen Victoria were erected in Britain and its empire (especially India) around her golden and diamond jubilees. Brighton's was commissioned by the town's mayor, Sir John George Blaker. It was designed by the Italian sculptor Carlo Nicoli and built by the Sculptured Marble Company of London (a subsidiary of the Statuary and Granite Company), which offered several stock designs for statues of Victoria.[1]
Blaker announced the gift of the statue on the date of Victoria's diamond jubilee, 22 June 1897, and his daughter unveiled it on 8 December. The park in which it is situated was known as North Steine Gardens and open only to subscribers but was opened to the public to mark the jubilee, and was renamed Victoria Gardens at the same time as the statue was unveiled. The gardens are divided into two sections; the statue stands in the centre of the southern part.[1][2][3]
The unveiling ceremony concluded with a military tattoo.[4] The statue has suffered graffiti multiple times since its inception.[1] Victoria's left arm was severed in 2022; the cause of the damage was unknown.[5]
It has been a Grade II listed building since 1971, a legal status which provides protection from demolition or unauthorised modification.[6]
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