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Queen Victoria Memorial
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Copyright: Daniel Popoi (golden_eagle)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-08-17 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-03-06 14:47 |
| Viewed: 457 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
I took these photos in August 2004 in front of Buckingham Palace. The place was crowded with hundreds of tourists waiting in very long lines to enter the palace for a visit - but the crowds were also all around the memorial so I had a hard time finding spots were I could get a clear view for my photos. Thus, the photos I used here do not represent an equal proportion of the monument and they are cropped a bit different (because I had no tripod either).
However, for what is worth, I wanted to share with you the four sides of the memorial - perhaps some other time I'll have part of better photos :).
Here is some information about the memorial:
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Victoria Memorial
In front of Buckingham Palace, reached by a short walk from Piccadilly across a corner of Green Park, or by walking along the Mall from Trafalgar Square.
The Victoria Memorial is an imposing, tall edifice by the sculptor Thomas Brock (1911) with a surround by the architect Aston Webb. It is 82 ft high, and has a large statue of Victoria facing eastwards, away from Buckingham Palace. On the north (Mall side) is an Angel of Justice with subsidiary figures, and on the opposite side a more peaceful group with an Angel of Truth. The Justice figure is an archetypical Brock sculpture, and is worth careful study - know this statue, and you know much of Brock. The fourth side of the monument, facing west towards Buckingham Palace, is Charity. Up above, on the pinnacle, is a gilded figure of Victory with two seated figures. The plinth, raised by four steps above the surround, has ships' prows facing the corners, suggestive of Britain ruling the seas, and maintaining the nautical accent to The Mall. The whole edifice and statues are of white marble, of which a generous 2,300 tons were used.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/london/vicmem.htm
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- clnaef
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(5769) - [2007-03-06 15:23]
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Bonjour,
Bonne idée de présentation.
Bonne journée.
clnaef
