As the second bronze sculpture of a “treasured pet of Rotorua” was unveiled, one of her greatest fans clasped her hands and said: “she’s beautiful”. Joan Piesse was one of the original committee ...
(1790–1866) was a Welsh sculptor, central to the Neoclassical movement. In 1817, he moved to Rome, where he was apprenticed to Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Italy’s leading sculptor, and was later ...