AFTER THE MODEL BY SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM (BRITISH, 1834–1890), LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF THREE VICTORIAN PATINATED BRONZE FIGURES OF BRITISH SOLDIERS
AFTER THE MODEL BY SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM (BRITISH, 1834–1890), LATE 19TH CENTURY
Representing three troops from the Napoleonic Wars, each marked 'ELKINGTON & CIE/ COPYRIGHT' and raised on an ebonized wood base, comprising: a Scottish soldier inscribed to the integral base '42ND ROYAL HIGHLANDERS/ 1815.' and with a medallion to the wood base with seated angel and cast 'WELLINGTON/ WATERLOO/ JUNE 18/ 1815', a Welsh soldier inscribed to the integral base '23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS/ 1815' and with a medallion to the base with the Royal Coat of Arms, an English soldier inscribed to the integral base 'GRENADIER 1ST GUARDS/ 1815.' and with a similar medallion to the base
The tallest: 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) high, overall

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Lot Essay

These bronzes were designed by Sir Joseph Boehm to stand at the Corner of the monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, at Hyde Park Corner. The monument was unveiled on 21 December 1888 by the Prince of Wales, having been commissioned as part of the re-design of Hyde Park corner which had begun several years prior. It centrally features the Duke of Wellington astride his horse Copenhagen atop a plinth, at each corner of which is a soldier from the four nations of the United Kingdom. The monument was Boehm's most ambitious, expensive and prominently located commission, and was designed by him between 1884-8. Elkington & Co. produced a limited number of the corner figures.

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