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William Calder Marshall, a Scottish sculptor, born in Edinburgh in 1813. He studied in London under Chantrey and Baily. visited Rome in 1836, and passed some years in Italy. In 1835 he first exhibited at the royal academy, and in 1839 took up his residence in London. He was elected an associate of the' Scottish academy in 1844, and a royal academician in 1852; and he was employed as one of the three sculptors for the new houses of parliament. In 1857 he obtained the first prize of £700 for a design for a national monument to the duke of Wellington, and he is now (1874) executing in marble part of a series of bass reliefs for the chapel in St. Paul's cathedral, in which that monument is to be placed. His more important works are: "The Broken Pitcher," exhibited in 1842; "First Whisper of Love," 1845; "The Dancing Girl Reposing," which obtained the art union premium of £500; "Sa-brina." 1817: the statues of Clarendon and Somers for the houses of parliament, of Sir Robert Peel at Manchester, of -Tenner in Trafalgar square (1859), of Campbell, of Crompton, the inventor of the mule spinning machine, of James, seventh earl of Derby, at Bolton, and of Sir George Grey in Cape Town, Africa.
 
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