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They could be rough or detailed, large or small, and were made in clay, terracotta, wood and wax. \n\nThis is the first sketch model made by Stevens for the bronze group depicting Valour and Cowardice on the Duke of Wellington's funeral monument in St Paul's Cathedral. The monument itself was not completed until 1912, thirty-seven years after Stevens's death. \n\nA sculptor, designer and painter, Alfred Stevens (1817/18-1875) rejected contemporary distinctions between fine art and design. From 1850 to 1857 he was chief designer to Hoole & Co., Sheffield, where he produced award-winning designs for metalwork, majolica, terracotta ornaments and chimney-pieces. Perhaps his two greatest works were the decorations for the dining-room at Dorchester House, London (about 1856), for which he made countless drawings inspired by the Italian High Renaissance style, in particular the work of Michelangelo and the monument to the Duke of Wellington for St Paul's Cathedral, London, which was completed after his death. 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