Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh

            This is the statue of Queen Victoria atop the building sculpted by Sir John Steell.

Over the course of January 1838, Queen Victoria sat for John Steell five times at Windsor Castle, for Steell to prepare a clay model. On 29 October 1842 The Scotsman reported that 'an immense block of freestone' from Binny Quarry had been delivered to a 'large wooden building in Bread-street,’ the last of a number of blocks which were to make up the colossal statue of the Queen. The paper reported that 'Mr Steell is already far advanced in the formation of this gigantic structure which, when completed, will weigh upwards of ninety tons.’

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Edinburgh / New Town (show map)

Taken on: December 12, 2012

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50mm Summilux v2

Queen Victoria

William Henry Playfair

Sir John Steell

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Sets appears in: • Edinburgh

Camera: Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera, 1/250 sec, 50mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	1.196
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