The peace trophy by Marochetti at the crystal palace May 10 1856 The Illustrated London News Page 525
Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti (1805-1867) was a sculptor, born in Turin, but raised in Paris as a French citizen. His first teachers were François Joseph Bosio and Gros in Paris. Here his statue of A Young Girl playing with a Dog won a medal in 1829, and his Fallen Angel was exhibited in 1831. Between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in Rome. From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France. In Paris, he made a panel representing the Battle of Jemappes for the Arc de Triomphe, the altar in the Church of the Madeleine and the tomb of Vincenzo Bellini in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. While living in Paris, he also created the equestrian statue of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy which stands in the Piazza San Carlo in Turin. He followed the French king Louis-Philippe into exile in the United Kingdom after the fall of the July monarchy in 1848. He lived in London for the greater part of his time till his death in 1867. Among his chief works were statues of Queen Victoria, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (erected 1867 in Waterloo Place), and Richard the Lionheart. The equestrian statue of Richard the Lionheart was displayed in the Great Exhibition, and a bronze copy was made in 1860 to be displayed in front of the House of Lords, where it remains in the 21st century. His statue of Robert Stephenson (installed 1871) still stands in the forecourt of Euston Station. He made a bust of William Makepeace Thackeray for Westminster Abbey. He also created the marble recumbent effigies for the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park. Marochetti was created a baron by the King of Sardinia and was also a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He died in 1867 in Passy, Paris.
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