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Title*

Queen Victoria
County Suffolk   District Council Suffok Coastal 
Civil Parish or equivalent Woodbridge  Town/Village* Woodbridge 
Road Market Hill 
Precise Location Memorial Garden 
OS Grid Ref TM273492  Postcode IP13 
Previous location(s) Memorial Garden 
Setting Memorial Garden  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
J. Wormleighton  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Public subscription 

Design & Constrn period

 1887-1888 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

 11/07/1888 

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Statue of Queen Victoria

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Statue of Queen Victoria  Portland Stone  H. 1.70 metres 
Base  Portland Stone  H. 28 cms. W & D 74 cms 
Plinth  Portland Stone  H. 1.54 cms W. & D. 1 metre 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Woodbridge Town Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions On base to front: VICTORIA/QUEEN EMPRESS/1887 right UNVEILED/ MRS R.H. LLOYD ANSTRUTHER/11 JULY 1888/ left ERECTED /BY THE LOYAL INHABITANTS /OF WOODBRIDGE 

Description (physical)

 The statue is set on a base decorated with a garland and on a square plinth. The Queen stands erect -crowned holding orb and sceptre. Her dress is richly embroidered and she wears the mantel and ribbon of the most exalted order of the Star of India with the star as the foremost of her decorations. 

Description (iconographical)

 Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee on 20 and 21 June 1887. Her state procession through London was attended by Indian cavalry and many Indian dignitaries joined in the official celebrations The statue celebrates her as Empress wearing the Star of India of the order of chivalry which she had founded in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: the British Sovereign was and still is Sovereign of the Order. The mantle and collar were worn only by Knights Grand Commanders. The unveiling was reported in the local paper with the additional information that: 'Mr W Stephenson of Woodbridge mason was instructed by the Committee to supply the statue and he employed Mr J Wormleighton of Chelsea as the sculptor who executed a life-size model of the Queen in Portland stone.' The otherwise now unknown Mr Wormleighton based his figure on Sir Joseph Boehm's outstanding bronze in Windsor. He matched the severe expression and patterning of her dress, but not the sway of her and command of her pose with outstretched sceptre. The statue was moved a few feet down the garden to make way for the WWI war memorial. Additional photographs, Sarah Cocke and minor changed to the text, Richard Cocke 04/06/2017 

Photographs

 Date taken:  6/5/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  6/5/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Woodbridge Reporter and Eastern Counties General Advertiser 12 July 1888 Author unknown Unveiling of the Queen's statue at Woodbridge (information from Jacqueline Pitcher British Library Newspapers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_India 26/05/07 http//www.royal.gov.uk/output/page929.asp 10/06/07; www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/boehm/16c.html accessed 31/03/2009 

Database

 Date entered:  10/6/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke