Mrs St. Barbe Sladen (1819-1868)
Margaret McKenzie was a Scot who, in 1842, married Frederick St Barbe Sladen (1817-1899), a solicitor.
Marochetti was a renowned sculptor and a favourite of Victoria and Albert’s who commissioned fifteen sculptures from him. Of aristocratic lineage, Marochetti trained and worked in Rome and Paris before establishing himself in France, where he enjoyed the patronage of members of the French royal family. Like many artists, he fled to England before the outbreak of the 1848 Revolution.
One of his earliest and most impressive works in this country is Richard the Lionheart. Shown at the Great Exhibition, a bronze version of 1860 is now outside the House of Lords. His most important later work is the Albert and Victoria Tomb, Frogmore in Windsor Great Park, with effigies of Albert and Victoria. Marochetti sculpted other prominent members of society including Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Victoria Embankment), Robert Stephenson (outside Euston station) and Lord Clyde (Sir Colin Campbell) at Waterloo Place. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1851-1867 and was elected a Royal Academician in 1866.
