Fitzwilliam Museum raises £1m to secure Queen Victoria sculpture

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) after raising the required £1.01m to prevent it from export.

The work had sold at a Sotheby’s auction in London to a New York museum but its export was blocked a…

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