Marshall Wood (1834-1882). A carved marble model of Daphne

Marshall Wood (1834-1882). A carved marble model of Daphne, standing with her back to a laurel tree, the base signed 'M.WOOD. Sc. 1869', 95.2cm high, 26.8cm wide.

Provenance: The Property of a Nobleman.

Marshall Wood was a pupil of Sir Francis Chantrey and he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1854. In 1859 he exhibited an unfinished version of Daphne at the Academy. He executed statues of Queen Victoria for Sydney, Montreal, Calcutta, Ottawa and Melbourne. Whilst visiting Melbourne in 1880, there to help install his statue of Queen Victoria in Parliament House, he exhibited another version of Daphne at the Melbourne International Exhibition.