History of Victoria Memorial

VICTORIA MEMORIAL

Established: 1921: 102 years ago.
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Architect: William Emerson, Vincent Esch.
Collection size: Nearly 30,000 (31 March 2009).

 
After the death of Victoria in January 1901, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, suggested that an appropriate memorial to the late Queen-Empress be created in Calcutta, now called Calcutta, then the capital of British India. He proposed the development of a magnificent building with a museum and gardens. and you'll see before their eyes the wonders of the past revived." officialdom, princes, politicians and therefore the people of India responded generously to Lord Curzon's appeal for funds, and therefore the total cost of the monument, amounting to at least one million, five million rupees, was derived entirely from their voluntary contributions. There was also some uncertainty about the strength of the foundations and tests were administered on them. The foundation stone was laid by the new Prince of Wales on 4th January 1906. Messrs. Martin & Co. of Calcutta were entrusted with the building work and therefore the extension work was started in 1910. In 1912, before construction was completed, King George V announced the transfer of India's capital from Calcutta to New Delhi.[9] The Victoria Memorial thus stood in what would be a provincial capital rather than a capital city. The Victoria Memorial was completed and formally opened in 1921. Some additions were made to the memorial after 1947. A smaller Victoria I Memorial was erected in 1921. Hardoi district which has since been converted into an urban recreation action club. the planning is in the Indo-Saracenic Revival style, which uses a mix of British and Mughal elements with Venetian, Egyptian and Deccan architectural influences. Emerson's assistant Vincent Jerome Esch designed the bridge on the side and the garden gate. In 1902, Emerson hired Escher to sketch his original design for the Victoria Memorial. Atop the memorial's central dome may be a 16-foot-tall figure of the Angel of Victory. round the dome is allegorical sculptures involving art, architecture, justice, and love, and above the north porch are motherhood, prudence, and learning. The monument to Victoria is made of white Makrana marble. With its dome, four subsidiaries, octagonal arched chattris, high portals, terrace, and arched corner towers, it mirrors the Taj Mahal in design. [required The Victoria Memorial has 25 galleries. It also features a collection of rare and antique books such as Illustrated Works of William Shakespeare, Arabian Nights' Entertainment, and Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. However, galleries and their exhibitions and programmatic elements of the monument don't compete with purely architectural spaces or voids. Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace in 1840; baptism of the Prince of Wales within the chapel of St. George, Windsor Castle, 1842; the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Alexandra of Denmark in 1863; and paintings of Victoria at her Golden Jubilee at Westminster Abbey in 1887 and her Diamond Jubilee at St. Paul in June 1897. within the center of the room are Queen Victoria's childhood rosewood piano and her desk from Windsor Castle. The Victoria Memorial was presented by her son Edward VII. On the south wall hangs an oil painting by Vasiliy Vereshchagin of the State Entry of the Prince of Wales into Jaipur in 1876. within the mid-1870s, Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Minister of Education, promoted the explanation for a new gallery dedicated to visual History. from Calcutta. In November 1988, Hasan organized a world seminar on the historical perspectives of Calcutta's tercentenary. The concept of a gallery in Calcutta was approved and a design was developed resulting in the opening of the gallery in 1992. The Calcutta Gallery offers a visible representation of the history and development of Calcutta when the capital of India was transferred to New Delhi. The gallery also features a life-size diorama of Chitpur Street from the late 19th century.

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