a 175-foot-high (53 m) memorial to Prince Albert (1819–1861), husband of
Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of Great Britain (1837–1901). Located in a large
public park, called
Hyde Park, in the center of
London,
England, the memorial was designed by
English architect
George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878), and was unveiled in 1876. It consists of a bronze statue of Prince Albert, three
times life-size, seated on a pedestal at the top of a
flight of twenty-four steps. Below the statue stand 175 larger than
life figures representing the arts, sciences and
Christian and
moral values. Above the statue is an ornate canopy topped by a large
cross. The canopy is supported by
red and
gray granite pillars. The memorial is considered one of the greatest sculptural achievements of the
Victorian era.