Our Trip to South Kensington

Sonia, Sehrish & Atiya

The Albert Memorial in

the V&A•The Monument

was completed in 1876

•Facing the Royal Albert Hall

•A miniature version in the V&A

The Albert Memorial

Allegorical Sculptures

• "Asia" groupby John Henry Foley

"Africa" groupby William Theed

• "America" groupby John Bell

"Europe" groupby Patrick MacDowell

• "Agriculture" groupby William Calder Marshall

"Commerce" groupby Thomas Thornycroft

• "Engineering" groupby John Lawlor

"Manufactures" groupby Henry Weekes

Darwin Statue1885 - late victorian period

-unveiledplaced in the iconic central

hall of the museum - centre of the staircase

- 2.2 tonne marble statue