Lot 4

WELLINGTON, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND WATERLOO, a commemoration in the 200th anniversary year of the battle of Waterloo (Lots 1-50)THE PROPERTY OF A LADY, REMOVED FROM TYRRELLS WOOD, SURREY

AN EQUESTRIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY EDMUND COTTERILL, (1794-1860) RETAILED BY GARRARD, CIRCA 1837

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AN EQUESTRIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY EDMUND COTTERILL, (1794-1860) RETAILED BY GARRARD, CIRCA 1837
Depicted in uniform holding a telescope, astride Copenhagen, the naturalistic base stamped 'PUBLISHED AS THE ACT DIRECTS BY R GARRARD. PANTON ST LONDON, 18TH JUNE 1837' and 'COTTERILL SCULP'
17 in. (43 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Edmund Cotterill (1795-1860) ran Garrards' design studio from 1833 and helped establish their reputation for producing elaborate sculptural groups and centrepieces in bronze and silver, with Equestrian, Moorish or Arab themes. He attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1820 and exhibited at the Academy, 1822-1858. According to Illustrated London News Cotterill stood 'at the head of the class of artists who model for silversmiths and his productions, annually exhibited at Messrs Garrard, have earned that house a celebrity which no other can equal'.
This model of Wellington was originally designed in silver, and was displayed on the sideboard at Wellington's London residence, Apsley House.

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