An over-life-size bronze statue of Queen Victoria seated on a large throne. She is wearing a lace dress with the Order of Garter. Under the coronet is a veil. A sceptre is held in the right hand, an orb in the left. Above the Queen's head is the royal coat of arms. In the space between the mouldings at the top of the throne is a bronze figure of Saint George fighting the dragon. On the rear of the surround, positioned in a recess and decorated in blue mosaic tiles, is a bronze sculpture of a female figure, representing Motherhood. She is wearing a crown of roses and thorns beneath drapery, and holding two infants in her arms. The monument rises from six steps. The statue was commissioned to mark the Diamond Jubilee of 1897 to be sited outside, preferably on the Esplanade in Piccadilly.