Queen Hermione scrubbing Presentation of the address to

Presentation of the address to His Royal Highness Prince Albert

View of the Tower of London looking east with ships and boats on the River Thames

with other buildings beyond

It was built between 1759 and 1769

from St Bartholomew Lane

Queen Hermione scrubbing Presentation of the address to'Queen Hermione', 1865. Britannia as Paulina unveils the statue and remarks Tis Time! Descend; Be Stone No More! On behalf of the nation Britannia draws back the curtain and reveals Queen Victoria as a statue, frozen in time, and commands her to 'be stone no more'. This is a line from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, Act V, Scene 3. For some four years, Queen Victoria had maintained a life of absolute retirement from public life following the untimely