Victoria Monument, Liverpool

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Victoria Monument, Liverpool

The Queen Victoria Monument is a large neo-Baroque [1] or Beaux-Arts [2] monument built over the former site of Liverpool Castle [1] at Derby Square in Liverpool.

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A large ensemble featuring 26 bronze figures by C. J. Allen (some in New Sculpture style), [3] it was designed by F. M. Simpson of the Liverpool School of Architecture, in collaboration [4] with the local architectural firm [5] of Willink and Thicknesse [1] and built of Portland stone. The foundation stone was laid on 11 October 1902 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. [6] The monument was unveiled on 27 September 1906. It is a Grade II Listed structure, [1] a preservation category for structures of special public interest.

Sharples and Pollard, in the Liverpool volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides , describe the work as Allen's greatest, and as one of the most ambitious monuments to Queen Victoria. [7]

There are four groups of figures around the pedestal, representing agriculture, commerce, industry and education. [7] Among the figures representing education is a statue modelled on Sir Oliver Lodge. [3] A large (4.42 metres (14.5 ft)) statue of Queen Victoria is at the centre, centred in four groups of columns which support a baldacchino-like [7] open dome (which Terry Cavanagh called the monument's "least successful feature"). [8] On top of the column groups are four allegorical figures representing justice, wisdom, charity, and peace. [7] Atop the dome itself is a large figure representing fame. [7]

In 2002, as part of the Liverpool Biennial festival, Japanese artist Tatsurou Bashi (b. 1960) created a hotel room around the statue of the Queen entitled Villa Victoria, in which paying guests could spend a night. [9]

The monument standing amidst the desolation of the Liverpool Blitz Liverpool Blitz D 5983.jpg
The monument standing amidst the desolation of the Liverpool Blitz

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List of public art in Liverpool

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Monument to Queen Victoria". Liverpool World Heritage. City of Liverpool. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Crouch, Christopher (2002). Design Culture in Liverpool, 1880–1914: The Origins of the Liverpool School of Architecture. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 131. ISBN   9780853238942 . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 Jacqueline Banerjee and George P. Landow. "Queen Victoria Monument". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Richmond, Peter (2001). Marketing Modernisms: The Architecture and Influence of Charles Reilly . Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p.  25. ISBN   9780853237662 . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Basic Biographical Details – Willink & Thicknesse". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener in Liverpool". The Times. No. 36897. London. 13 October 1902. p. 8.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004). Liverpool. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 149. ISBN   978-0300102581 . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Cavanagh, Terry (1996). Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 43. ISBN   978-0853237112.
  9. ↑ Villa Victoria Liverpool Biennial website

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