Marshall Wood (c. 1834 – 16 July 1882) was an English sculptor, medalist, and artist, and the younger brother of Shakespeare Wood. Wood was born in Manchester, the son of Hamilton Wood (c.1805–1811), a merchant and manufacturer. He began showing work at the Royal Academy in 1854, and was a regular exhibitor for the next twenty years. He also showed work in

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in 1856. By 1871 his wife, children and two servants were resident in

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. The ''Art Journal'' credits Wood with having executed statues of

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for Melbourne, Sydney, Montreal, Calcutta, and Ottawa. Wood also executed three portraits of the Prince of Wales (shown at the RA in 1863, 1864 and 1875) and a bust of the Princess of Wales.

Selected works

Alexandrina Victoria - Marble Statue by Marshall Wood - 1875 CE - Indian Museum - Kolkata 2014-02-14 9245

* Daphne * Hebe * Musidora * Proserpine * Siren * Song of the Shirt * Queen Victoria, various locations, various dates **

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* Richard Cobden, St Ann's Square, Manchester * Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1863 * Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 1867 * Richard Cobden, 1867

References

* ''Marshall Wood, Sculptor, 1834-1882'', Lawrence Hayward. * ''Public sculpture of Greater Manchester'', Terry Wyke, Harry Cocks, Liverpool University Press, 2004, page 38. . *
Late Mr Marshall Wood.
July 28, 1882, Trove Digitised Newspapers and More. *
Marshall Wood
, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011.

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Marshall 1834 births 1882 deaths 19th-century British sculptors Artists from Manchester English sculptors