William Calder Marshall

William Calder Marshall (18 March 1813 - 16 June 1894) was a Scottish sculptor. Born in Edinburgh, he attended the Royal High School and Edinburgh University before enrolling at the Royal Academy school in London in 1834, where he won the silver medal. In 1836 he went to Rome to pursue his study of classical sculpture, staying for two years. An exhibition at Westminster Hall in 1844 proved to be the turning point of his career, leading to many commissions for public monuments to decorate the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Albert Memorial. He was the most prolific exhibitor of statuary at the Royal Academy in the Victorian age.

References

Martin Greenwood, ‘Marshall, William Calder (1813–1894)’, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18159 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] . Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2007.