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ArtistMaker: GILMOUR (of Sheffield)
TitleOfWork: 'Queen Victoria'
DescriptionOfPhoto: view from below
DateOfCreation: 1888
Dimensions:
Medium: sandstone
Location: On top of the Old Town Hall building.
AtoZReference: p.78 2D
Postcode:
Street: Effingham Street
TownOrVillage: Rotherham
AreaInTown: Town Centre
MetropolitanBorough: Rotherham
Photographer: Dave Ball
ImageCopyright: Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber: r033c
Location: On top of the Old Town Hall building. This was originally built as the School of Science and Art

Description: A middle aged Queen Victoria stands, crown on head, at roof level above the archway into this building. She has a sceptre in one hand and an orb in the other. The stone is a different colour to that of the building.

Commission: This School of Science and Art was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The total cost of the building was £2,500 and the money raised by public subscription. It was opened by Earl Fitzwilliam. [1] The architect was E.I. Hubbard.

Comment: There is a mosaic of Rotherham's coat of arms on the floor of the arcade inside the building.

References: [1] Rotherham Advertiser: 30th March 1889, p.5.





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