Queen Victoria, Bitts Park
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Description
"The iconic figure of Queen Victoria standing high on a pedestal in one of her classic poses with Orb in one hand and Sceptre in the other. The monument, in Victoria Park, was unveiled in 1902, the year after she died. The sculptor was Thomas Brock. Victoria Park is part of the larger Bitts Park area of Carlisle and occupies land between the River Eden and the Castle. The formal gardens that contain the statue of Queen Victoria were laid out in the 1890s on the site of a rubbish tip (http://www.heritageandhistory.com/contents1a/2008/11/queen-victoria-monument-victoria-park-carlisle/?doing_wp_cron=1361302915.9414010047912597656250 Heritage and History) The inscription at the base of the plinth reads: VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. EMPRESS OF INDIA. BORN MAY 24TH 1819, DIED JANUARY 22ND 1901. IN MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN, A GOOD WOMAN, A FRIEND ALIKE TO RICH AND POOR WHO FOR SIXTY THREE YEARS REIGNED OVER A PROSPEROUS AND WORLD WIDE EMPIRE. THIS STATUE IS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF CARLISLE IN ADMIRATION OF HER NOBLE LIFE AND CHARACTER." Photo by David Dixon, 2013. -
Owner
David Dixon -
Source
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3338396
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2013-02-13 -
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