THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL.
AN IMPOSING MONUMENT. By Telegraph—Prqss Association-Copyricbt (Rec. May 15, 11.55 p.m.) London, May 15. Mr. Thomas Brock, R.A., the sculptor of the Victoria Memorial, shortly to be unveiled in front of Buckingham Palace, on being interviewed, stated that the monument would bo 52ft. high and 101 ft. in diameter. Three thousand tons of Carrara marble had been used, and the stone was without a single blemish. The figure of Queen Victoria had been hewn from a singlo block and the other single pieces •,-eighed forty tons. Tho six bronze groups to be placed on the ilanking pedestals and over the fountain and the arches, have been completed, but not yet erected.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1128, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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114THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1128, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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