# Mario Raggi

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**Mario Raggi** (1821 – 26 November 1907) was an Italian sculptor who settled in England, where he received several public commissions for statues of civic figures.

## Biography

Raggi was born in [Carrara](/source/Carrara), Italy, where he learnt to sculpt, and won several prizes, at the local [Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara](/source/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_di_Carrara).[1] He continued his training in Rome under [Pietro Tenerani](/source/Pietro_Tenerani) before moving in 1850 to London, where he first worked for [Raffaelle Monti](/source/Raffaelle_Monti) and then, for several years, for [Matthew Noble](/source/Matthew_Noble).[1] In 1875, Raggi established his own studio in London.[2]

Raggi was given some major commissions including memorials to [Benjamin Disraeli](/source/Benjamin_Disraeli) at [Parliament Square](/source/Parliament_Square) and [Gladstone](/source/William_Ewart_Gladstone) for [Albert Square](/source/Albert_Square,_Manchester), Manchester. He completed three monumental statues of [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) for Hong Kong, Toronto and Kimberley in South Africa.[3] A bronze statue by Raggi of [Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea](/source/Henry_Vivian,_1st_Baron_Swansea), wearing a frock coat and gown stands in [Swansea](/source/Swansea) city centre.[4] Raggi first exhibited a work, *Innocence* at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy) in 1854 but did not show there again until 1878, when he exhibited a portrait bust of [Admiral Rous](/source/Admiral_Rous). He continued to exhibit portrait busts at the Academy until 1895.[2]

Raggi is buried at [West Norwood Cemetery](/source/West_Norwood_Cemetery), where his memorial is a flat slab.

## References

1. S. E. Fryer, revised C. Whitehead (23 September 2004). ["Raggi, Mario"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35649). [doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35649](https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35649). Retrieved 18 February 2021.

1. Vol. 3.

1. ["Monument to Queen Victoria"](https://interactive.britishart.yale.edu/victoria-monuments/209/monument-to-queen-victoria). *Yale Center for British Art*. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

1. Newman, John; Hughes, Stephen R.; Ward, Anthony (1995). [*Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC). Penguin Books; University of Wales Press. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-14-071056-4.

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