4. Sand the desk and drawers with medium-grit sandpaper to remove the varnish and as much paint as possible. Run your hand over the surface. If you feel any bumps, ridges or imperfections, sand the surface again until it is perfectly smooth.. Sand the desk and drawers with medium-grit sandpaper to remove the varnish and as much paint as possible. Run your hand over the surface. If you feel any bumps, ridges or imperfections, sand the surface again until it is perfectly smooth.
There is a similar memorial to her husband, Albert, the Prince Consort outside the Royal Albert Hall. The Victoria Memorial is a sculpture in London, placed at the centre of Queenâs Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace. It was completed in 1911, the sculptor being Sir Thomas Brock. The surround was constructed by the architect Sir Aston Webb, from 2,300 tons of white marble. It is a Grade I listed building.
The Lincoln Memorial. Photo courtesy of the DC SHPO. The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the National Mall as a neoclassical monument to the 16th President. The memorial, designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples, stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 feet high. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 36 fluted Doric columns, one for each of the thirty six states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, and two columns in-antis at the entrance behind the colonnade.