Monarchs & Royalty
The Albert Memorial
Victoria's towering grief made architecture: a 54-metre gothic canopy sheltering a gilded Albert, holding the catalogue of his Great Exhibition, ringed by 169 carved figures of artists and continents of marble elephants and camels. Restored and re-gilded in 1998 after decades painted black.
- Subject
- Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria
- Sculptor
- Sir George Gilbert Scott (design); John Henry Foley (statue)
- Unveiled
- 1872
- Material
- Gilded bronze, marble, mosaic and stone
- Location
- Kensington Gardens, opposite the Royal Albert Hall
