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Reflection of the celebration of the British colonial period in South Africa.
Depiction of the powerful role and enduring iconic status of Queen Victoria who was one of Britain’s supreme rulers and reigned during the height of its colonial authority.
Commemoration of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign, which is an important event in British history and the history of its colonies.
Location in a fairly prominent position, in front of the north side of the Houses of Parliament facing the Cultural History Museum. A strong symmetrical relationship exists between the statue and the architecture of the building.
Work of Sir Thomas Brock, who was a very prolific sculptor of public statues during the 19th century. His most important work is the Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace.
Typical of the representation of Queen Victoria produced during the 19th century and exported and located in the colonies and symbolic of British power and authority.
Strategic location within the Company Gardens, adjacent to and facing the Houses of Parliament reflecting Britain’s colonial power and authority during the mid-late 19th century.
Expression of Cape Town as a British colony in contrast to the Boer Republics to the north.
Associational links with Edward VII in the Grand Parade, who succeeded Queen Victoria.
"Its setting within the exotic garden landscape with palm trees symbolic of a time when Queen Victoria held the world in her hand and when the Cape Garden's was a link in the chain of Imperial Botanical Gardens, sharing its knowledge and plants universally (Greig 1960 in Murray 2001, page 92)