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Title
Queen Alexandra (1844–1925)
Date
1908
Medium
bronze
Accession number
E1_JP_S001
Acquisition method
purchased by Friends of the London Hospital
Work type
Statue
Owner
Royal London Hospital
Custodian
Royal London Hospital
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
21/09/73
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque on front of the plinth: HER MAJESTY / QUEEN ALEXANDRA / PRESIDENT OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL / 1904 / WHO ALWAYS TOOK A PERSONAL & SYMPATHETIC INTEREST IN ITS WORK / AND WHO IN 1900 INTRODUCED TO ENGLAND / THE FINSEN LIGHT CURE FOR LUPUS / AND PRESENTED THE FIRST LAMP TO THIS HOSPITAL / THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY FRIENDS OF THE HOSPITAL / 1908