Mario Raggi

Life

Raggi was born at Carrara, Italy where he learnt to sculpt, although much of his reputation was made in England, where he first exhibited busts at the Royal Academy in 1878, and continued to do so until 1895. Settling in England in 1880, he set up a workshop at Cumberland Market in north London.

He was given some major commissions; memorials to Benjamin Disraeli at Parliament Square and Gladstone at Albert Square, Manchester. A bronze statue by Raggi of Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea wearing a frock coat and gown stands in St. David's Shopping Centre, Swansea.

Raggi is buried at West Norwood Cemetery, where his memorial is a flat slab.