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Title
Memorial to the 1851 Great Exhibition
Date
1863
Medium
Aberdeen granite, Cornish granite, Portland stone & bronze
Measurements
H 1280 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 244 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SW7_JR_S014
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Custodian
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
10th June 1863
Listing date
24/02/58
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
self-base of the Prince Consort figure: left: J. DURHAM. SCULPT. / LONDON. 1862. right: ELKINGTON & CO / FOUNDERS; self-bases of continents: (a) Europe; left-hand face: ELECTRO. CAST. BY. / ELKINGTON. & CO.; right-hand face: JOSEPH DURHAM SCULPT / LOND
Inscription description
below cornice: LET ALL THE NATIONS BE GATHERED TOGETHER AND LET THE PEOPLE BE ASSEMBLED. ISAIAH 43.9. I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD, SURELY I WILL REMEMBER THE WONDERS OF OLD PSALMS 77.2; column south façade, upper: NAMES OF / HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT / PRESIDENT / (NAMES) / SECRETARIES: / (NAMES) / SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS: / (NAMES) / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: / (NAMES); column south façade, mid: INAUGURATED BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, JUNE 10TH 1863; column south façade, lower: HOC MONVMENTVM ET INSIGNISSIMVM PRINCIPEM ALBERTVM COMMEMORANS / ET SPECTACVLVM VNIVERSALE QVOD ISPE ANNO MDCCCLI FACIENDVM CVRAVIT IN / PVLCHERRIMIS ILLIS HORTIS EIVS ANNO MDCCLXIII POSITVM EST QVIBVS DIRVTIS / HIC CIRCA ANNVM MDCCCXCI ITERVM EST ERCTVM TVM REFECTVM RENOVATVM / REPARTVM A CELSITVDINE SVA REGIA DVCE EDINBVRGENSI CONSILII REGALIS / DE SPECTACVLO ALBERTENSI PRAESIDE INAVGVRATVM EST MENSE MAIO MMI; column west façade: OPENED BY / HER MAJESTY / QUEEN VICTORIA / MAY 1ST 1851; / CLOSED / OCTOBER 15TH 1851. / NUMBER OF VISITORS: 6,039,195. / TOTAL RECEIPTS: £522,179. / TOTAL EXPENDITURE: £335,742. / NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS, / 13,937; / VIZ. BRITISH – 7381. / FOREIGN – 6556. / SIZE OF BUILDING: 1848 FEET BY 456 FEET. / ARCHITECT - SIR JOSEPH PAXTON. / CONTRACTORS - FOX AND HENDERSON.; column north façade: ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / ORIGINALLY INTENDED ONLY TO COMMEMORATE / THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OF 1851 / NOW / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE GREAT AUTHOR OF THAT UNDERTAKING / THE GOOD PRINCE / TO WHOSE FAR-SEEING AND COMPREHENSIVE PHILANTHROPY / ITS FIRST CONCEPTION WAS DUE / AND TO WHOSE CLEAR JUDGMENT AND UNTIRING EXERTIONS / IN DIRECTING ITS EXECUTION / THE WORLD IS INDEBTED FOR / ITS UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS. / ALBERT FRANCIS AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, / THE PRINCE CONSORT, / BORN AUGUST 26, 1819, DIED DECEMBER 14, 1861. / "HE WAS A MAN, TAKE HIM FOR ALL IN ALL, / WE SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN" / SCULPTOR: JOSEPH DURHAM / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: (NAMES); column east façade: EXHIBITING COUNTRIES / BRITISH / (NAMES) / FOREIGN / (NAMES); additional inscription, 2001: This monument, which commemorates both the illustrious Prince Albert / and the Exhibition of All Nations which he brought about in 1851, was first / placed in his glorious gardens in 1863 and re-erected here after their / removal in about 1891. It was unveiled by His Royal Highness the Duke of / Edinburgh, President of the Royal 1851 Commission following its / restoration, on this site in May 2001.