Over the past 12 months a funeral director in Walsall has been constructing a life-size granite statue of the late Queen Elizabeth II. | ITV News Central

Many locals and users online argue that the sculpture, which is on display at Antrim Castle Gardens, hardly resembles the late British monarch.

For centuries, sculptors have been in a rarefied position of privilege, able to define what any great person of an age looks like without fear of contradiction. But now, it seems almost a natural reflex that every time another sculpture of a public figure is unveiled,

The newly unveiled sculpture at Antrim Castle Gardens in Northern Ireland was compared online to Robin Williams’s character in the 1993 movie “Mrs. Doubtfire.”

A newly unveiled sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and two corgis in Northern Ireland, intended to pay tribute to the late monarch, has received somewhat mixed reviews from the public.

Mockery and indignation began within hours of the unveiling of the bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II at Antrim Castle Gardens in Northern Ireland last Friday. Detractors said it did not resemble the queen.