Statuette of a Guardsman of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, 1815

Patinated bronze sculpture by Joseph Edgar Boehm, cast by Elkington and Company, 1888.

This statuette is a miniature of one of the four figures decorating the corners of the plinth of the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner in London.

The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards fought at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815. At the latter engagement the unit defeated the French Imperial Guard's grenadiers, not only assuming that unit's title and bearskin headdress, but also taking a flaming grenade as its cap badge.