Portal:London/Pictures/January 2007



The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic revival style. The memorial has several elaborate sculptural programmes, which were co-ordinated by Henry Hugh Armstead. Pictured here is an allegorical group by John Bell representing the Americas; there are four such representations of continents, one for each corner of the monument. more...