VICTORIA MEMORIAL
the 82 feet tall Memorial remains the tallest monument to Queen Victoria .. unveiled in 1911, it’s the centrepiece of an ambitious urban planning scheme .. just in front of the Buckingham Palace
This has an elaborate scheme of iconographic sculpture. The central pylon is of Pentelic marble and individual statues are in Lasa marble & gilt bronze.
The memorial weighs 2,300 tonnes and is 104 feet in diameter.
At the top of the central pylon stands a gilded bronze Winged Victory, standing on a globe and with a victor's palm in one hand. Beneath her are personifications of Constancy, holding a compass with its needle pointing true north, and Courage, holding a club. Beneath these, on the eastern and western sides, are two eagles with wings outspread, representing Empire. Below these, statues of an enthroned Queen Victoria (facing The Mall) and of Motherhood (facing Buckingham Palace), with Justice (facing north-west towards Green Park and Truth (facing south-east). These were created from solid blocks of marble, with Truth being sculpted from a block weighing 40 tonnes.
At the four corners of the monument are massive bronze figures with lions, representing Peace (a female figure holding an olive branch), Progress (a nude youth holding a flaming torch), Agriculture (a woman in peasant dress with a sickle and a sheaf of corn) and Manufacture (a blacksmith in modern costume with a hammer and a scroll).
(WIKIPEDIA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial,_London
Our snaps on Victoria Memorial …
Our Poses at Queen Victoria Memorial …
Waked to Green Park Underground Station, on way had finger chips & coffee at Starbucks ..
the above two pictures culled from GOOGLE EARTHtook train to Custom House station .. changed at Canning Town
11 stations, 40 minutes .. took bus 474, got down at Connaught Bridge stop, then walked down to Marriott .. took 7+5 minutes .. Srikanth brought cooked rice and dal from a nearby Indian restaurant .. had stomach full .. very tired, to bed
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