AFTER THE MODEL BY CARLO MAROCHETTI, CAST BY ELKINGTON & CO., CIRCA 1866

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A VICTORIAN EQUESTRIAN BRONZE GROUP OF H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT
AFTER THE MODEL BY CARLO MAROCHETTI, CAST BY ELKINGTON & CO., CIRCA 1866
The ebonised plinth with engraved silver plaque 'H.R.H. PRINCE FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL OF SAXE COBURG GOTHA PRINCE CONSORT, B.26 AUG 1819, D.14 DEC 1861'
The bronze -- 20½ in. (52 cm.) high; 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) long; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) high overall

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Lot Essay

The present bronze is after the original model by the Turin born sculptor Baron Carlo Marocheti (b.1805-d.1867), which stands in George Square, Glasgow. The bronze was erected between 1863-6.
The son of a servant of the Napoleonic republican government he settled and studied in Paris. After the 1848 revolution Marochetti moved to London where he soon became popular as sculptor for the Royal Family and prominent members of Society. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1851-1867 and was elected as a Royal Acadamician in 1866.
(Aileen Dawson 'Portrait Sculpture, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, c.1675-1975' , British Museum Press, 1999).

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