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his family to Paris, where his father prac- tised as an advocate. He was educated in the Lycee Napoleon ; and at the age of 17 went to Rome, where he studied about eight years. In 1829 he returned to Paris, and exhibited there * A Girl playing with a Dog,' which gained him a medal at the Beaux Arts. He afterwards went to Turin, and produced several statues and smaller works, which made him widely known. He also presented to the City his noble equestrian statue of Emmanuel Philibert, and the King conferred upon him the title of Baron. An equestrian statue by him of Charles Albert also decorates his native city. Going back again to Paris, he was employed there on many fine works, and was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1839. On the death of his father he inherited a mansion in the sub- urbs of Paris, where he resided till 1848, when, on the Revolution, he came to Eng- land. Here he was at once noticed by the Queen, and was employed upon several public works, and completed an equestrian statue of her Majesty, erected at Glasgow. He exhibited for the first time at the Aca- demy in 1840, * Sappho/ a statue in marble, and in the following year, a bust of Prince Albert ; and continuing to exhibit, chiefly busts, sent in 1856 a bust of the Queen. His last exhibited work was a bust of Sir Edwin Landseer, presented, as his diploma work, to the Academy. In 1851 his eques- trian statue of * Richard, Coeur de Lion/ made him widely known ; and this group has been since executed in bronze, and placed on the west front of the Houses of Parliament. Before coming to England he executed an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington for the city of Glas- gow, and afterwards completed a second for Strathfieldsaye. He also designed the Scutari Monument for the Crimea and the monument to the Guards' Officers at Ink- erman; Lord Melbourne's tomb in St. Paul's; and Lord Clyde's statue (his last work) in Waterloo Place. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1861 . and a full member in 1866. He died suddenly at Passy, near Paris, December 28, 1867.
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He practised in the reign of James I. His portraits were in oil, but on a small scale.
MARRABLE, Frederick, architect. He was the son of the secretary of the Board of Green Cloth. Articled to Mr. Blore, upon the termination of his pupilage he pursued his studies on the Contment, and then set up in his profession, com- peting for such works as ottered. In 1856 he was appointed architect to the Metro- politan Board of Works, and designed and carried out the great plan of the Holborn
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Viaduct ; which unfortunately proved de- fective m its construction. He was also the architect of the new churches, St. Mary Madgalen, at St. Leonard's ; and St. Peter, Deptford ; of the Garrick Club and the adjoinmg dwelling-houses ; of the offices of the Metropolitan Board, at Spring Gar- dens ; and of Archbishop Tenison's School, in Leicester Square. In 1862 he resigned his appointment under the Metropolitan Boara. He died suddenly, June 22, 1872. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy of designs for works he was* ■executing.
MARSHAL, Alexander, water-colour painter. Practised in the latter half of the 17th century. He drew some of Mr. Tra- descant's cnoicest flowers and plants, and made very careful copies after Vandyck.
MARSHAL, Edward, sculptor. He practised towards the middle of the 17th century. There is a monument by him at Derby, dated 1628, of William, Earl of Devonshire, and his countess ; another at Tottenham, dated 1644. of Sir Robert -Barkham, his wife, ana eight children; and at Chatham a third, of Sir Dudley Digges, consisting of an Ionic column sup- porting an urn, with four females, fife-size, representing the cardinal virtues. There is also a monumental work by him at Stavesey, Cambridgeshire.
MARSHAL, Joshua, sculptor. Pro- bably the son of the above, with whom he was for some time employed. Was master mason to Charles II., the successor of Stone, and was much employed at the time of the Restoration. There is a monument by him at Campden, in Gloucestershire, dated 1664^ to Edward, Lord Nevil, ana his lady. The figures are of white marble, life-size, and are represented standing in their winding-sheets within a cabinet, with folding doors of black marble thrown open. • MARSHALL, Benjamin, animal painter. He practised both at Newmarket and in London, and drew the portraits of horses for the * Sporting Magazine.' There are several portraits of horses by him in the Stud Park. He was an occasional ex- hibitor at the Academy, commencing in 1801, of horses, and from time to time of a portrait. Two celebrated race-horses were carefully engraved after him by George and William Cooke. He died in 1835, aged 68.
MARSHALL/George, portrait paint- er. Was a native of Scotland, and a pupil of the younger Scougal ; also studied under Kneller. He painted awhile in York, and after a long practice in Scotland, at the beginning of the 18th century he went to Italy, but did not much improve by travel. He died about 1732.
MARSHALL, Thomas Falcon, subject painter. Was born in .Liverpool, Decern-
