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The piece was designed by Edmund
Cotterill
 (1795-1858), sculptor and
head of Garrard’s design department.
Cotterill attended the Royal Academy
Schools in 1820 and exhibited at the
Academy between 1822 and 1858.
Cotterill achieved impressive popularity
and is responsible for the imposing
reputation that Garrard silver and
bronze sculptures achieved during this
time. He was an expert in modelling
figures, animals and sculptural groups.
His name is often associated with
race trophies for the Royal Ascot and
Doncaster. The trophies were usually
of sculptural type. Many of Cotterill’s
designs incorporated horses, which he
excelled at modelling. In 1851, a Garrard
sculptural group designed