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Title |
Albert Memorial |
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View |
Detail, statues of the Virtues near the top of the canopy's spire |
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Notes |
Eight statues of the moral and Christian virtues, including the four cardinal virtues and the three theological virtues. The virtues are: Faith, Hope, Charity and Humility, and Fortitude, Prudence, Justice and Temperance |
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Work Type |
built works
monuments
visual works
sculpture (visual work) |
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Style/Period |
Gothic Revival
Nineteenth century |
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Creator Name |
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 |
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Creator Nationality |
British |
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Date.Creator Birth |
1811 |
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Date.Creator Death |
1878 |
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Contributors to Project |
Armstead, Henry Hugh, 1828-1905 ;Philip, John Birnie, 1824-1875 ;Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874 ;and others |
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Subject.work |
allegory
decorative arts
human figure
portrait
rulers and leaders
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861 |
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Country |
United Kingdom |
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City |
London |
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State/Province |
England |
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Location.Notes |
South Kensington; South Carriage Drive |
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Architectural Material |
gilded bronze; marble; enamel and glass mosaic |
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Technique |
carving (processes); casting (process); construction (assembling); metalworking; mosaic (process); painting and painting techniques |
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Dates |
1863-1876 (creation) |
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Designation/Awards/Inscriptions |
On four sides: Queen Victoria And Her People ' To The Memory Of Albert Prince Consort ' As A Tribute Of Their Gratitude ' For A Life Devoted To The Public Good |
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Photographer |
Gilchrist, Scott |
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Date Photographed |
5/3/2007 |
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Subject Information |
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. In 1863 Scott's design for the memorial to Prince Albert in Hyde Park, London, was chosen , but not until 1876 was J. H. Foley's gilded statue of the Prince finally set in its great Italian Gothic tabernacle [ciborium, derived from the Scaliger Tombs, Verona], enriched by Scott's favorite craftsmen, including the sculptors Henry Hugh Armstead, John Birnie Philip and J. F. Redfern (1838-1876), the stone-carvers Farmer & Brindley, the ironworker Francis Skidmore and for the mosaics the designer J. R. Clayton (1827-1912) and the maker Antonio Salviati (1816-1890). The central part of the memorial is surrounded by the elaborate sculptural Frieze of Parnassus, which depicts 169 individual composers, architects, poets, painters, and sculptors. Armstead carved the figures on the south and east side, the painters, musicians and poets (80 in total), and grouped them by national schools. John Birnie Philip carved the figures on the west and north side, the sculptors and architects, and arranged them in chronological order. At the corners of the plinth there are two allegorical sculpture programs: four groups depicting Victorian industrial arts and sciences (agriculture, commerce, engineering and manufacturing), and four more groups representing Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas. |
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Information.source |
Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ |
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Credit Line |
copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. |
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Collection Title |
Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art) |
