MUNRO

Alexander (son of a stonemason in Sutherlandshire). b. 1825; a sculptor, executed The four seasons, on the terrace at Cliveden, Berks.; came to London 1848, employed on stone carving for new houses of parliament; exhibited 97 sculptures at R.A. and 14 at B.I. 1849–70; his chief work was portrait-sculpture especially in relief; his subject groups were Paolo et Francisca 1852 and Undine 1858; executed statue of queen Mary for house of parliament and colo al statue of James Watt for Birmingham; lived at 152 Bucking ham palace road some years; built himself a house and studio at Cannes. d. Cannes 1 Jany. 1871. W. B. Scott’s British school of sculpture (1871) 133–8.