The Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Obelisk
British (English) School
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1887
Materials
Portland stone
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257629
Summary
Portland stone, The Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Obelisk, 1887. Inscribed: In commemoration of the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria this monument has been erected by Ralph Bankes on his 34th birthday June 25. Our Empress and Queen was born 1819, crowned 1837, married 1840. Long may she reign.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, sculptor