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Sculpture and Ceremonial:
Monuments to Queen Victoria

Unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria on Castle Hill, Windsor, June 22, 1887
Statue of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm in Windsor
Unveiling by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, on July 25, 1888.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm in Bristol
Unveiling by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, on August 26, 1899.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Harry Bates in Dundee, Scotland
"Unveiling at Leeds Town Hall of a statue of Queen Victoria by the Lord Mayor, Mr. Edwin Woodhouse," November 27, 1906.
Statue of Queen Victoria by George Frampton in Leeds
"Statue of Queen Victoria unveiled by H. M. The King at Derby, June 28th, 1906" (postcard).
State of Queen Victoria by Charles Bell Birch in Derby
Unveiling by King Edward VII on July 11, 1906
Statue of Queen Victoria by George Frampton in Newcastle upon Tyne
"Lord Rosebery in the 'City of Queens' ”: Inauguration of the Queen Victoria Memorial at Leith’: unveiling by Lord Rosebery (Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery) on October 12, 1907.
Statue of Queen Victoria by John Rind in Leith, Scotland
"Ireland’s Tribute to Queen Victoria": unveiling by King Edward VII on February 17, 1908.
Statue of Queen Victoria by John Hughes in Dublin, Ireland
" 'Looking Towards the Heart of the Great City Whose People She Knew and Loved so Well': The Statue of Queen Victoria on the Queen Victoria Memorial Now Unveiled": unveiling by King George V on May 16, 1911.
Queen Victoria Memorial by Thomas Brock in London
Mourning ceremony marking Queen Victoria’s death, August 1901.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Giuseppe Valente in Valletta, Malta
Unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria in the Jeevanjee Gardens by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, March 17, 1906.
Statue of Queen Victoria by unknown sculptor in Nairobi, Kenya
Unveiling by Sir Charles Mitchell, Governor of Natal, on July 8, 1890.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
"Queen Victoria statue attacked during Jacob Zuma’s UK trip," March 4, 2010
Statue of Queen Victoria by Edwin Roscoe Mullins in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
"Unveiling the Queen’s Statue on April 19": unveiling by the Prince of Wales, future King George V, on April 19, 1899.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Hamo Thornycroft in Durban, South Africa
Unveiling by the Prince of Wales, future King George V, on March 17, 1906.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Hamo Thornycroft in Karachi, Pakistan
"Statue of the Queen at Oodeypore": unveiling by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, February 19, 1890.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Charles Bell Birch in Udaipur, India
Model of the statue of Queen Victoria in George Frampton’s studio, undated (before 1902)
Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India
"The Prince of Wales Unveiling the Statue of Queen Victoria at Agra," December 18, 1905.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Thomas Brock, formerly in Agra, India
"The Ceremony at the Unveiling of the Statue": unveiling by Sir William Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong, on May 28, 1896. Hong Kong, China.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Mario Raggi in Hong Kong
"Centennial Celebrations at Sydney— Unveiling the Queen’s Statue": unveiling by Lord Charles Robert Carrington, Governor of New South Wales, and Lady Carrington, on January 24, 1888.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm in Sydney, Australia
"Queen’s Statue, Victoria Square, Adelaide, on the day of the Queen’s Funeral"
Statue of Queen Victoria by Charles Bell Birch in Adelaide, Australia
Statue of Queen Victoria with mourning wreaths, February 3, 1901, in Albert Park, Auckland
Statue of Queen Victoria by Francis John Williamson in Auckland, New Zealand
Alfred Drury and assistants in his London studio with the model of his Queen Victoria statue
Statue of Queen Victoria by Alfred Drury in Wellington, New Zealand
Public school cadets drawn up in front of the Queen Victoria statue to salute the flag on Empire Day, May 24, 1907, in Victoria Square
Statue of Queen Victoria by Francis John Williamson in Christchurch, New Zealand
"Unveiling Queen’s Statue, Ottawa, R&O Navigation Co." (postcard): unveiling by the Prince of Wales, future King George V, on September 22, 1901
Statue of Queen Victoria by Louis-Philippe Hébert in Ottawa, Canada
"Queen Victoria Monument, Queen’s Park" (postcard): ceremony around the queen’s statue, 1910.
Queen Victoria Monument by Mario Raggi in Toronto, Canada
Unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria by Canada's Governor-General Earl Grey on May 24, 1908.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Louis-Philippe Hébert in Hamilton, Canada
"The unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria on Empire Day by His Excellency Sir Wm Grey-Wilson [Governor of the Bahamas]," May 24, 1905.
Statue of Queen Victoria by John Adams-Acton in Nassau, Bahamas
Unveiling by Sir Henry Blake, Governor of Jamaica, and Lady Blake, on June 22, 1897. Kingston, Jamaica. Photo by Duperley and Son, published in *The Queen’s Empire: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record*, with an introduction by H.O. Arnold-Forster (London: Cassell, 1899), 47.
Statue of Queen Victoria by Emanuel Edward Geflowski in Kingston, Jamaica
Removal of Queen Victoria statue on official recognition of Guyana as a republic, c.1970.
Statue of Queen Victoria by H. R. Hope Porter in Georgetown, Guyana