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Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Baron Carlo Marochetti, 1805-1867, sculptor, lived here, 1851-1867.
English Heritage
SW7, Onslow Square, 34
The mews at the back of the property contained his studio and foundry, where he cast, amongst other works, Landseer's bronze lions for the foot of Nelson's Column. This was a complicated transaction - see Your Archives for the details.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Baron Carlo Marochetti
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Baron Carlo Marochetti
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