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horseback and several of them "two and a half feet imbost". In 1711 he carved the statue of Queen Anne with four other figures, which was erected in St Paul's
Cathedral yard in 1712. This statue was saved from demolition in December 1886 when it was replaced by the present statue executed by Richard Belt. The original Queen Anne statue is now in
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to study further, under Le Gros. He returned to London around 1689. He had been so long abroad he found he could hardly speak
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This article is about the sculptor. For the architect in
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of his time. He is mainly remembered for sculptures in
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