Dudley commissioned Wyatt to sculpt his favourite hound Bashaw, offering to pay the then astronomical sum of 5,000 guineas for the finished work. Bashaw was taken to Wyatt's studio in London around 50 times to sit for the sculptor. Lord Dudley donated Persian topaz and sardonyx from the family jewel collection for the sculpture's eyes. However, Lord Dudley died in 1833 before it was completed and his executors refused to pay Wyatt his fee, so he retained the sculpture, exhibiting it several times, including at The Great Exhibition of 1851. Legacy Wyatt died at his home, Dudley Grove House, Harrow Road, London, on 3 January 1862, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery, leaving an estate valued at c.£80,000. Matthew, his eldest son, later became the standard-bearer of Queen Victoria's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, and was knighted in 1848. James (1808 – 1893) followed his father's profession and designed the pediment of the Commercial Bank of Scotland in George Street, Edinburgh. The other sons, George Wyatt (d. 1880) and Henry Wyatt (d. 1899), were both architects and builders and were involved in the development of the Bishop of London's estate in Paddington. See also Wyatt family Wellington Statue, Aldershot References External links Wyatt and the Bagshaw sculpture Wyatt in the National Archives Wyatt and the Wellington statue Conservation of Wyatt's memorial to Lord Nelson in Liverpool "Obituary: Matthew Cotes Wyatt", The Art Journal, publ. Virtue, 1862, page 86 1777 births 1862 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools English male sculptors Sculptors from London Matthew Cotes Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century British male artists 19th-century British sculptors