BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI (ITALIAN, 1805-1867)

The present bronze is either a model for or a reduction from the equestrian statue of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington inaugurated in 1844 at Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, where it remains today.
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.