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Madras Testimonial to Major-General Sir Robert Dick, 1850. Memorial to '...the brave Major-General Sir Robert Dick, who so gallantly fell at Sobraon...Mr. Richardson was commissioned to execute a testimonial emblematic of Sir Robert Dick's distinguished services, bearing in mind Quatre Bras, Waterloo, and the termination of the Major-General's glorious military career at Sobraon. The sculptor has personified by the figure of a veteran Royal Highlander, in whose 42d Regiment Sir Robert rose to the highest honours, while quite a youth commanding them at Waterloo. The models were executed from picked men at the depot, through the kindness of Captain Macpherson, commanding. The attitude is easy, natural, and picturesque. The veteran rests on his firelock, and at his feet are a Highland shield and Sikh helmet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.