“ THORWALDSEN, BERTEL (1770–1844) Danish sculptor, the son of an Icelander who had settled in Denmark, and there carried on the trade of a wood-carver, was born in Copenhagen on the 19th of November 1770. While very young he learnt to assist his father; at the age of deven he entered the Copenhagen school of art, and soon began to show his exceptional talents. In 1792 he won the highest prize, the travelling studentship, and in 1796 he started for Italy in a Danish man-of-war. ”

“ A great number of his best works exist in private collections in England. His not very successful statue of Lord Byron, after being ref osed a place in Westminster Abbey, was finally deposited in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. ”