Sculptured Arts have been instrumental in the restoration of the Queen Victoria Memorial, Buckingham Palace, London.
The setting for the Queens jubilee celebrations and concert, and the Olympic games.
This world famous monument situated in the center of the queens gardens at the front of Buckingham palace is the largest in England, and the restoration needed to be completed in time for the queens jubilee celebrations and the Olympic games, of which this monument and location played a major role.
Designed by the architect Sir Aston Webb, who also designed the front facade of Buckingham palace, his design was to be the setting for sculptor Thomas Brock’s monument in 1902.
Sir Thomas Brock`s sculpture stands 25 meters high (82 feet) and is sculpted from 2,300 tons of Carara marble, and it took him a decade to complete the sculpture.The Victoria Memorial, also know to Londoner`s as the wedding cake, pays homage to Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901, and was unveiled by King George V and his first cousin Wilhelm II of Germany, Victoria`s two senior grandsons, on May 16, 1911.
King George V was so happy with the monument he Knighted Thomas Brock on the spot.
Sculptured arts expertise was called upon and were given the project to repair and replace missing or damaged parts of the sculpture.
Our main task was to re-carve the missing `George and the dragon orb` held in Victoria`s left hand, which had been broken off and stolen, along with her nose, fingers and cross from her crown some years ago.
Replacing the George and dragon orb was very difficult, as no documentation on it could be found, apart from an old grainy black and white photograph.
