3-078-073 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Queen unveiling the equestrian statue of the Prince Consort (Women's Jubilee Memorial) in Windsor Park, 1890. Statue of Queen Victoria's late husband presented to her, '...as a Jubilee memorial, by the women of the United Kingdom and of the British Empire. This fine work of sculpture, by Sir Edgar Boehm, R.A., has been erected, on a pedestal of Aberdeen granite, on Smith's Lawn...A salute of artillery was fired, the troops presented arms, and the band played the "Coburg March"...A stand was prepared for the ladies of the Women's Jubilee Fund Committee [beside] the Royal tent, which occupied a position exactly opposite the statue...The entire Royal family now in England was there...The King of the Belgians was also present...Her Majesty's plain attire...in no way detracted from the dignity of her aspect as she listened to the address read by the Duke of Westminster, briefly replied, and then, by pulling a string, drew the covering down from the statue of the husband of her youth, whom she has thus sweetly associated with the celebration of her Jubilee. Trumpets pealed, cannon burst forth...the Princes and other officers all saluted - and the bereaved and ever-loving widow wept quietly - as the image of the departed Prince stood revealed'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.