Diamond Jubilee Memorial

Francis John Williamson (1833-1920)

c.1897

Marble and Bronze

Esher, Surrey

Bronze bas-relief of Victoria

This Diamond Jubilee Memorial, which takes the form of a statue of Britannia with a plaque of Victoria on the base, is just outside Williamson's home and studio, Grapes House. Unfortunately, it now overlooks a very busy traffic junction. In front of it stands a stone drinking fountain given to the parish” by Queen Victoria, when water from the nearby iron pump (isolated on the next traffic island) was declared unfit to drink.

Photograph 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee

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