VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 10

VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

600 TONS OF. THE FINEST .MARBLE TO '; ; ISE USED. : ; ; Replying to a question in. the House of Copamons, Sir. _Lewis Harcourt, First, Com-, missioner of lAVorks, stated that 'a portion of.' tlio Queen Victoria memorial in .■front of, Buckingjiam Palace .fl'ould be' com.- : '.pleted by Whitsuntide. >'■ ' Mr. .%ro6urt'srst-aJ»mci}t'"must' bo taken as referring ;only to tlio baspof .the memorial upon whicli' .tho magiiiiioent: statue' l of the Queen, and decorative groups \yill some day bp placed.,/. At least fiye years, ( perhaps six,' must elapsp before tho work is completed. ,' Mr.'.', Brock, the' sculptor, : has; only after years of labour, completed,tho clay-mpdolled figure. pfV tho-seated Queen. .. Moulders are ■now Engaged' in taking a-cast of/tlie ,: clay in pjaster, bfvparis,, which',"'will, afterwards' be reproduced'in marble. •? : v . ■ ''.Seventy. .tori's,; pf '.white -marble' i-ill bo! vised in . carving, tho! ligijro of . 'tho Quboii. i - Mr. Brock- hoped;, at oiio- time to .'obtain , a block largo' eiiough for tho purpose, but. Hp, has been .compelled :.to uso f several, ; . tlio largest weighing' tiveutyrfivo tons . '" ,' r ' ; . In addition,/ Mr.. Brock' is designing threo groups—Jiistice, Truth, and' Motherhood— and a great.;/figuro of" Victory, flanked by, Courage; and , At'least. 280-tons of marble v -will be'required for these figures', and probably .another 100 tons for -the reliefs and :friezes.' When tho memorial is completed it will represent 500 : .tons'of tho' finest marble; ■ ...