Madras University Gardens, 1887

Queen Victoria Statue, Madras University Gardens
Queen Victoria Statue, Chennai
 Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday June 21st, 1887
Queen Victoria Statue in Madras University Gardens by Sheala Carpenter

Title

Madras University Gardens, 1887

Description

Seated Victoria, presented on a high-back Chair of State, wearing a small crown and bearing a septre in her right hand. At the foot of the statue, on a basement of granite, with polished metal panels is the inscription "Victoria, Queen Empress of India."

Creator

Joseph Edgar Boehm

Date

June 20th, 1887

Contributor

Sheala Carpenter

Rights

Image of Statue:

Image 1

Image 2

Newspaper Account:

Public Library of India - Queen Victoria Impress of India by Sir Charles Lawson https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277408/page/n63

Derby Daily Telegraph - British Newspaper Arcive June 21, 1887 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/18870621/051/0004

Statue Essay:

Essay by Sheala Carpenter

Format

Bronze, granite, metal

Identifier

Victoria Statue, Madras University Gardens

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