Statue of Queen Victoria | |
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Artist | Giuseppe Valenti |
Completion date | 5 August 1891 |
Medium | Marble |
Subject | Queen Victoria |
Location | Valletta, Malta |
35°53′54.3″N 14°30′48.0″E / 35.898417°N 14.513333°E |
A statue of Queen Victoria stands in front of the National Library of Malta in Republic Square, Valletta, Malta. Sculpted out of marble by the Sicilian artist Giuseppe Valenti, the statue depicts the Queen sitting down and wearing a shawl of Maltese lace. It was installed in the square on 5 August 1891, replacing a bronze statue of António Manoel de Vilhena.