Lot Essay
This model first appears in the Gillows' General Sketch Book of 1823. Two further sketches are shown in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books: the first dated 29th November 1826 (no. 3556B, carved by Rigby) and the other dated 29th January 1849 (sketch no. 5579, carved by Edmund Whiteside). A similar example was sold Christie's, South Kensington, 29 July 2012, lot 52.