The Queen's Lake

The Chinese community presented the statue of Queen Victoria to the Governor, Sir Cecil Smith in the Jubilee Year (1889) of Her Majesty's rule as a memento of their loyal affections and gratitude for the benefit of her rule. The 6 foot high statue in Sicilian marble was the work of E. E. Geflowski and is one of the most lifelike statues of the Queen ever made. It used to be placed in the alcove of the State Room (then called Victoria Room) until the 1960s.


It was then moved to the Victoria Memorial Hall and subsequently to the National Museum store in the mid-1980's. When located in 1994, the statue was found to have sustained damages to several parts, including the nose. The damages probably occurred during the various shifts over the years. The statue was restored in 1995 by a specialist sculpture conservator from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (http://www.istana.gov.sg/IstanaGrounds/QueenVictoriaStatue/).