Statue of Queen Victoria, Bronze statue at Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Canada.
The Statue of Queen Victoria is a bronze sculpture placed in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Canada. It shows the monarch seated, holding a scepter in her right hand and an orb in her left.
The British sculptor George Frampton made this statue in 1904, during a period when Canada kept close ties to the British Empire. The work was created not long after Queen Victoria's death in 1901, as a way to mark her long reign.
The statue stands in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building, where it is part of everyday public life in the city. Visitors often stop to look at it and reflect on the long relationship between Canada and the British Crown.
The statue stands on open ground in front of a public building and can be seen at any time of day. Walking around the Legislative Building grounds is easy and gives a broader view of the other monuments nearby.
When workers repaired the plinth in the 1920s, they found a note from 1921 saying that brandy could not be hidden underneath because of prohibition laws. The person who left the note clearly found the situation worth a joke, and the message survived inside the base for years.
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