"Big Ben strikes the hour, which fall in leaden circles over the partygoers and omnibuses, over stone Queen Victoria seated before the Palace on her shelves of geraniums" (168)
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901. The statue was designed by Aston Webb, who also designed the the facade of Buckingham Palace. It was sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock after she died. The statue is 82 feet high and has angles of truth and justice along side it. Virginia feels the need to be in the city of London because the country gives her too much space to think. She feeds from the bustle of the city, just like her character, Clarissa Dalloway.
~"Queen Victoria Memorial" A View on Cities. September 29, 2008.
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