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Name

Willam Calder Marshall

Brief Biography

1813–94, British / Scottish

Description

Born in Edinburgh, where he attended the university, he went to London in 1834 and studied sculpture at the RA schools under Chantrey and Bailey, gaining a silver medal there in 1835. After a period of study in Rome 1836, he worked for a time in Edinburgh before eventually settling in London in 1839. He became well-known as a sculptor of statues and fancy subjects groups and received several commissions for the Art Union. In 1857 he was awarded first prize of £700 for his design for a national monument to Wellington, although the commission was later given to Alfred Stevens. Marshall executed some monuments and portrait busts and was responsible for the sculptural decoration of Bolton Town Hall. He exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts, London from 1835–91 and Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh from 1836–91. He was elected ARA 1844, RA 1852, ARSA 1840, HRSA 1861.