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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” VoL 65.—N0. 3347
Fix this textWednesday, April 5, 1944
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaner.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textTHE ALBERT MEMORIAL, LONDON.
Fix this textONE of the most magnificent monuments in the world is the
Fix this textstructure outlined in this illustration. It is the “Albert
Fix this textMemorial,” erected to the memory of the Prince Consort (husband
Fix this textof Queen Victoria), partly by the Government and partly by
Fix this textvoluntary contributions, at a cost of £120,000. The foundation of
Fix this textthis monument alone repays an hour’s close examination. Broad
Fix this textgranite steps lead up on every side to a spacious platform, at the
Fix this textfour corners of which are fine colossal groups of statuary, repre-
Fix this textsenting the four great divisions of our globe, Europe, Asia, Africa
Fix this textand America. The pedestal itself is nothing less than wonderful
Fix this textin its elaborate display of marble statues in relief encircling the
Fix this textentire monument. There are 169 of these figures, representing the
Fix this textworld’s greatest artists since the dawn of history, including Painters,
Fix this textMusicians, Poets, Architects, Scullion-. ?• i Reformers. In
Fix this textone place, Homer, the Fath-: - v . > holding the
Fix this textlyre, while near him •• ■ ■ *••••. of cv- r; .■ . *r*tic i are Virgil,
Fix this textDante, Shakespeare, C ■'!•••. f■;< ... In another
Fix this textsection are grouped \ . . e Bologna,
Fix this textBenvenuto Cellini, and o ■ ,• ,cc. At last
Fix this textabove all this rises to the ixse.it! oi ' '■■ <>* ■ u,n ■ 'decorated
Fix this textGothic canopy, beneath w cob :ui statue of the
Fix this textPrince Consort, fifteen feet i ■ ; -t ...nd m .ae of gilded bronze.
Fix this textIhe excessive amount of orn . , ,m mosaic and gilding on
Fix this textthis canopy may be criticised, b ■ re is no doubt of the grand and
Fix this textimposing effect produced by die lower portion of this superb
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| issue=Vol. 65 No. 3347 (5 Apr 1944)
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
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