Bangalore, India 1906

Title

Description

The ornate statue of white marble depicts a middle aged Queen Victoria wearing fine royal regalia which includes her crown, her robe, and jewelry. She holds an ornate scepter and the sovereign's orb while she gazes far off into the distance with a stern, but dignified expression on her face. The statue still shows the evidence of the vandalism it had recived in 2014 according to the most recent pictures available with the scepter being broken in half, a finger of the hand holding the scepter is missing, and the cross on top of the sovereign's orb has been broken off. The vandalism has been left unrepaired to the best of my knowledge, but the statue remains in Cubbon Park.

Creator

Mr.Thomas Brock

Source

The Homeward Mail Newspaper Article about the funding of the Bangalore Statue
Sheffield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Article about the Bangalore Statue Unveiling
Times of India article about Bangalore Statue being vandalized

Date

February 6, 1906

Contributor

Donald Carlson IV

Rights

Images of Statue
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Victoria_Full%2C_Bangalore.JPG/800px-Victoria_Full%2C_Bangalore.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Q_Victoria_in_bangalore.JPG

Newspaper Accounts and Primary Sources
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001712/19030511/025/0012?browse=False
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000250/19060206/151/0006?browse=False
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/UPs-swadeshi-Taliban-target-Victoria-statues/articleshow/39961942.cms

Statue Essay: Donald Carlson IV

Format

White Marble

Identifier

Victoria Statue (Bangalore, India)