Queen Victoria by Charles Bell Birch (1832-1893). Erected 9 November 1893. Bronze, on a granite pedestal. Over life-size. Originally at St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen, but moved here, to Queen's Cross, in 1964. "Victoria now stands looking east towards Balmoral" (Queen Victoria Statue"). [Click on all the images for larger pictures.]
Left: Birch's signature and the year of completion at the base of the statue. Right: On the granite pedestal: "Erected by the Royal Tradesmen of Aberdeen, 1893."
Links to Related Material
- Queen Victoria, Aberdeen (1865), by Alexander Brodie
- Prince Albert, Aberdeen (1863), by Baron Carlo Marochetti
- Victorian Aberdeen
- A Gallery of Portraits in Stone and Bronze of Queen Victoria
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Bibliography
"Statue of Queen Victoria." SilverCity Vault (Aberdeen Local Studies). Web. 23 August 2024.
Last modified 3 August 2011