1 photograph : gelatin silver print on photographic paper ; sheet 25.5 x 20.3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
"1.6.54. Queen Victoria statue damaged in British Guiana. Vandals, believed to be fanatic supporters of the People's Progressive Party, set off two dynamite explosions which rocked Georgetown's civic centre recently - and all but destroyed the magnificent marble statue of Queen Victoria which has stood for over 58 years in the grounds of the Law Courts. The explosion blew off the head of the statue; smashed away the left arm carrying the Orb and damaged other sections of the monument ..."--Verso.
Subject Terms:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 -- Statues. | Hope-Pinker, Henry Richard, 1850–1927. | People's Progressive Party (Guyana) | Art -- Mutilation, defacement, etc.