Nottingham - Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment (1905)

Nottingham - Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment (1905)

The statue itself is made to represent the queen’s full body, which stands on a pedestal that is slightly larger than the statue itself. On the pedestal’s sides are four plaques that present different images. The first panel on the front depicts and shield with the arms of Nottingham, decorated with symbols of the empire. The panels on the right and left sides depict scenes of spiritual and merciful acts, with those being the feeding and clothing of the naked, or downtrodden. The final panel depicts a maternal figure, presenting the queen’s motherhood. The statue itself is quite realistic, with the face showing an expression that is quite serious but not harsh. In her hands are an orb and scepter, presenting the status of a monarch, and the clothing depicted in the statue is done in a realistic and textured manner. Her dress is decorated with symbols like a rose and shamrock, and according to Toft himself, the purpose of this statue was to depict the monarch as more than a symbol, but as an individual.

Albert Toft

July 28th, 1905

Ayden Salmons

Image of Statue: @ 2017 Ray Teece, Queen Victoria Complete

Newspaper Account: “The Victoria Monument for Nottingham.” Nottingham Evening Post [Nottingham, England] 25 March, 1905. British Newspaper Archive. Web. 31 Oct. 2019

Statue Essay: Ayden Salmons

The statue itself is made of marble while it stands on a base made of Abedeen granite. The portraits that flank the four sides of the base are bade of bronze panels.

Victoria Statue [Nottingham - Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment]