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an opening of the Memorial from Birdcage Walk on the south, 

 whence a view of one of the finest groups will be afforded, and 

 similarly, from the north, another, by a tree-skirted tapis vert — a 

 grass-planted avenue of the same width as the main roads (65 feet), 

 which will extend northward in the Green Park, and so bring the 

 monument directly in touch with Piccadilly. It will also be 

 approached by handsome gates and piers. 



Mr. Webb has adopted a style of quiet and unpretentious Classic 

 type, dignified, harmonious, and sufficiently monumental, and con- 

 sistently in sympathy with the work of the sculptor, so that the result 

 of this cordial collaboration will be a great work of decoration, which 

 will be a tine ornament to London, and a worthy bequest of the 

 twentieth century to the London of the future. 



[Coming to the work of Mr. Brock, the lecturer threw upon the 

 screen several of his most notable works in order to show the sculptor's 

 development, during his career, in style and achievement.] 



The final model for the great central monument, completed in its 

 parts, has been elaborated as a precaution against such eventualities 

 as fate might have in store for the sculptor before he began a single 

 touch on the work itself. The model is 7 feet 6 inches high, and 

 being on a one-tenth scale, represents a total height from the base 

 to the top of the Victory's wing of 75 feet. This idea is to represent 

 the Great Queen sitting amid the personifications of the personal 

 qualities that made her great. At the right is a group representing 

 "Justice," at the left "Truth," and at the back "Motherhood." 

 "Courage" on the right and "Constancy" on the left, qualities which 

 with the others bring about the triumph of " Victory " — " Victory " 

 which surmounts and dominates as it were the whole structure of her 

 virtues and surmounts her glorious reign. Round the base are freely- 

 treated ships' prows, two bearing trophies suggestive of the Army and 

 Navy, and two, fruits and flowers suggestive of Commerce and Pros- 

 perity. Above the slightly j^yramidal core at the feet of Constancy 

 and (yourage appears an Eagle — the Eagle of Empire, a most valuable 

 and felicitous architectural form. 



The statue of the Queen, which as it sits will be 12 feet high, is 

 draped in robes of State, the only instance in which the seated Queen 

 wears her robes from the shoulders. On each side of the platforms 

 is a great fountain discharging down steps into a basin 160 feet long 

 by 28 feet across. That on the right typifies " Power," with figures 

 representing the Army and Navy — the foundations of the Monarchy. 

 A Sea-Nymph is below, and on the right and left are bronze reliefs 

 elaborating the idea of the two Services. The parapet is 8 feet 

 6 inches high. Corresponding with this motif of Power, there is on 

 the other side " Intelligence," the figures representing Science and 

 Art. A Triton reclines below, and the figures represent Progress, 

 Science and Art. The water is obtained from the overflow of the 

 Serpentine, will run day and night, and fall into the ornamental 

 waters of St. James's Park below. Around the central feature four 



