A statue of Queen Victoria in Aberdeen

A carte-de-visite showing a crowd of small boys standing around the statue of Queen Victoria which used to stand at the junction of Union Street and St Nicholas Street in Aberdeen. Erected in 1866, it was created by the Scottish sculptor Alexander Brodie, younger brother of the more successful sculptor William Brodie. The following year Alexander suffered a breakdown and committed suicide on 30 May 1867 at the age of 37.

The marble began to show weathering due to the frost and was moved to the vestibule of the Town House in 1888. It was replaced with a bronze statue of the Queen by Charles Bell Birch, which was eventually moved to a new location at Queen's Cross in 1964.

Photographed by George Washington Wilson of Aberdeen.