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56°23′57″N 3°25′44″W / 56.399115°N 3.428805°W | |
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North Inch Perth, Perth and Kinross Scotland |
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Designer | William Brodie |
Type | Statue |
Material | Sandstone |
Height | 8 feet (2.4 m) |
Opening date | 30 August 1864 |
Dedicated to | Albert, Prince Consort |
The Statue of Albert, Prince Consort, also known as The Albert Memorial, is a Category B listed monument at the North Inch public park in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is dedicated to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria. [1]
The Queen unveiled the statue on 30 August, 1864, three years after Albert's death, [1] on her way to Balmoral Castle. [2] The couple and their children had stayed at the city's Royal George Hotel in 1848. It was their first time staying in a hotel, an occurrence prompted by their inability to stay at nearby Scone Palace because William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town. [3] [4]
The statue was sculpted by William Brodie and stands 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. He is dressed in the robes of the Knight of the Thistle [2] and holding a plan of the Crystal Palace. [1] It faces south, onto Charlotte Street.
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56°23′57″N 3°25′44″W / 56.399115°N 3.428805°W | |
Location |
North Inch Perth, Perth and Kinross Scotland |
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Designer | William Brodie |
Type | Statue |
Material | Sandstone |
Height | 8 feet (2.4 m) |
Opening date | 30 August 1864 |
Dedicated to | Albert, Prince Consort |
The Statue of Albert, Prince Consort, also known as The Albert Memorial, is a Category B listed monument at the North Inch public park in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is dedicated to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria. [1]
The Queen unveiled the statue on 30 August, 1864, three years after Albert's death, [1] on her way to Balmoral Castle. [2] The couple and their children had stayed at the city's Royal George Hotel in 1848. It was their first time staying in a hotel, an occurrence prompted by their inability to stay at nearby Scone Palace because William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town. [3] [4]
The statue was sculpted by William Brodie and stands 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. He is dressed in the robes of the Knight of the Thistle [2] and holding a plan of the Crystal Palace. [1] It faces south, onto Charlotte Street.