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Lawrence Macdonald Lawrence Macdonald sometimes Laurence Macdonald ( 15 February 1799 – 4 March 1878 ) was a Scottish sculptor . Life . Macdonald was born on 15 February 1799 at Findo Gask in Perthshire , Scotland to Margaret Morison and Alexander Macdonald , a violinist . He was apprenticed as a stonemason with Thomas Gibson , who was then building the Murray Royal Asylum , outside Perth , and about this time he carved the arms of Robert Graeme on the front of Garvock House . Coming to Edinburgh with an introduction to the architect James Gillespie Graham , who proved a helpful patron , he worked as an ornamental sculptor . On 26 February 1822 he entered the Trustees Academy , Edinburgh , then on Picardy Place . In late 1822 he went to Rome to study , where he executed several busts , among others that of the John Murray , 4th Duke of Atholl . In 1823 , along with Gibson , Severn , and other artists , he founded the British Academy of Arts in Rome , of which he continued as a trustee until his death . After approximately four year he returned to Edinburgh , and there produced busts of Professor John Wilson and George Combe , the phrenologist . In 1829 , he sent his bust of John Marshall , MP , to the Royal Academy , and he was a frequent contributor to the succeeding exhibitions . In the autumn of 1829 , he exhibited in the Royal Institution , Edinburgh , his colossal group of ‘Ajax bearing the dead body of Patroclus and combating ‘an warrior’ and other works ; and he was second to his friend Charles Maclaren , editor of the ‘Scotsman,‘ in his bloodless duel with Dr . James Browne , editor of the ‘Caledonian Mercury,’ fought near Edinburgh in November 1829 , which arose partly out of an article in the ‘Mercury’ ( 6 November ) on Macdonald’s works and the ‘Scotsman‘s’ criticisms upon them . In the same year he was elected a member of the Scottish Academy , where in 1832 , he exhibited several busts , including those of J . Gibson Lochhart and the Earl Erroll ; but be seldom contributed here , and resigned his membership in 1858 . He appeared in the list of honorary members in 1867 . At this time he is shown as living at 10 Cumberland Street in Edinburghs Second New Town . In 1832 he returned to Rome , where he occupied a leading position as a sculptor , chiefly producing portrait busts , aided by his elder brother , John , and his son , Alexander . His bust of Philip Henry , fifth Earl Stanhope , is now at Chevening , Kent , and a copy is in the National Portrait Gallery , London . He also executed busts of Walter Scott ( 1831 ) , Fanny Kemble , Sir David Baird . and James Gillespie Graham . Among his ideal works are ‘A Girl and a Carrier Pigeon,’ 1835 , and ‘Eurydice,’ 1849 . His ‘Ulysses recognised by his dog,’ shown in the Paris Exhibition of 1855 , was much admired , and became the property of Lord Kilmorey . He died in Rome . Several sculptors trained under him , including William Brodie . Principal Works . Whilst Macdonald made statues of classical and mythological figures , all his portraiture was in the form of busts . - James Gillespie Graham ( 1827 ) - The Duke of Atholl , Blair Atholl , ( 1827 ) - Robert Phillips , ( 1829 ) - Earl of Errol ( 1832 ) - Viscountess Canning , Highcliffe Castle ( 1838 ) - Lord Alexander Russell , Woburn Abbey ( 1839 ) - Lady Ebury , Apsley House ( 1839 ) - Lord Charles Montagu , Kimbolton Castle ( 1840 ) - Sir Henry Taylor , National Portrait Gallery , London ( 1843 ) - Lord Compton , Castle Ashby ( 1843 ) - Mary Somerville , ( 1844 ) - The Duke of Cambridge , Windsor Castle ( 1846 ) - The Hon Mrs Sidney Herbert , Wilton House ( 1848 ) - Statue of Hyacinthus , Windsor Castle ( 1852 ) - Duke of Northumberland ( 1853 ) - Earl Stanhope , Chevening House , Kent ( 1854 ) - Bacchante at the Bath , Mount Stewart ( 1856 ) - Venus at the Bath , Mount Stewart ( 1856 ) - Watts Russell , Ilam Church , Staffordshire ( 1863 ) - Earl Stanhope , Chevening , Kent ( n.d. ) - George Combe , Scottish National Portrait Gallery ( n.d. ) - Euphemia Murray , Perth Museum ( n.d. ) In Literature . Letitia Elizabeth Landon published her poem Lines . Supposed to be the Prayer of the Supplicating Nymph in Mr . Lawrence Macdonald’s Exhibition of Sculptures in the Literary Gazette in 1831 . References . - List of works selected from the Dictionary of British Sculptors , 1660-1851 , by Rupert Gunnis - Attribution