Corporal Shaw Lifeguards vs Cuirassier Waterloo

[Grod]

Happy New Year to all.

Please find attached some photos of my next 75mm project sculpted by Maurice Corry.

The vignette was inspired by an incident at Waterloo involving a corporal Shaw of the Lifeguards. Shaw was a well known boxer and held the world boxing title at one time. A very big man and fencing master. During the charge of the Lifeguards against French cuirassiers Shaw was supposedly responsible for dispatching up to 14 cuirassiers. . His sword was broken after which he used his helmet to fight the French. He was eventually wounded and died on the field of battle.

I hope to have this set available for the Bolton Model Show after which it will be on general release.

The price is £85.00 which includes worldwide shipping.

Anyone attending the Bolton show and would like one for collection at a very nice show price please contact me on [email protected]

Anyone interesting in pre ordering please let me know by email only please. I will send a Paypal invoice once I have a set available.

I have quite a few new releases coming up this year and will keep you updated on these.

Cheers
Gordon

 

[mortier]

Excellent work

 

[igor_belousov]

Very cool

 

[Chrisr]

Another excellent sculpt from Maurice. What skill!!! Master sculpter indeed.

 

[malc]

Just have to say Gordon... bloomin marvellous.....another one to put in my mounted 120 series.

Whoops..miss read it's 75... o well maybe in the future 120 will appear......

 

[NeilW]

Nice combo.

There's an interesting account of Shaw's life, including his boxing career, together with those of the two others from his village of Cossall in Nottinghamshire, here: https://www.waterlooassociation.org.uk/Cossall.pdf

It also discusses how Shaw and/or his fellow villager, Richard Waplington (aka the Cossall Giants), may have captured, then lost, the 55th Regts. Eagle (the LG Museum representation shows him with it).

The DNB account is less nuanced: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shaw,_John_(1789-1815)_(DNB01)

Another account, including how his skull ended up on display is here: http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/publications/articles/cossall-monument.htm

Though this states that it was reburied near Cossall church's font in 1898, an alternative version has it that after being exhumed at Sir Walter Scott's instigation from la Haye Sainte he held on to it and that it remains on display at Scott's house in Abbotsford. Either way it seems that Martin's photo is of a cast: https://ageofrevolution.org/200-object/cast-of-skull-of-corporal-john-shaw/).

 

[Nap]

Hi Gordon

A nice release depicting the incident at a muddy Waterloo !!

Shaw was certainly a larger than life character

This will paint up well ...plenty of mud and weathering

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to 2020 releases ...especially busts ( Veteran ) ...of course ..lol

Happy 2020

Nap

 

[megroot]

This would be great to paint it.
I think I gonna order it as a birthday present.

Marc

 

[martin tabony]

Lovely!! Bring on brick hanging.

 

[Reptor]

Just Fantastic !!!!!

 

[Huw63]

Excellent sculpt of a famous incident. Military Modelling magazine had a great article about this many moons ago.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Trevorkats]

fabulous, but wish it was the standard 54mm