Alfred Lord Tennyson, after Sir John Steell RSA, Copeland, published Edinburgh 1850, seated, wearing a voluminous cloak, a book and pen in his hands, an Irish greyhound lying at his side, impressed "Copeland, J Steell Sculp Edin 1850", the base with incomplete brown transfer printed mark "Association for the Promotion of the .... Edinburgh", 34cm high See illustration Steel (Sir John), RSA (1804-1891). An emanate Scottish sculptor who resided in Rome for many years before returning to live in Scotland. He was a member of the Royal Scottish Academy and was Queen Victoria's appointed sculptor in Scotland. He sculptured the seated figure of Sir Walter Scott which is located in the Scott Memorial on Princes Street, Edinburgh. He was knighted by the Queen upon the inauguration of his stature of the Prince Consort in 1876; this is also in Edinburgh. See Copeland (Robert) Parian, Copeland's Statuary Porcelain, Antique Collectors Club, p.92.