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King Edward VII Monument

Hébert, Louis-Philippe
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/88330
Date
1914
Description
Close view of the base, figure of Peace; The monument to King Edward VII, by Louis-Philippe Hébert, was erected in Phillips Square (square created 1842), in front of Morgan's Department Store (built 1891), in 1914. The monument was unveiled by the Governor General of Canada, with a huge crowd in attendance, on October 1, 1914. Edward VII visited Montreal in 1860, when he was still the Prince of Wales, to open the Victoria Bridge. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/12/2010)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work); monument
Subject
allegory, portrait, rulers and leaders, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910, Twentieth century, Beaux-Arts
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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