This small bronze is taken from Harry Bates's memorial to Lord Roberts, two full-scale versions of which, cast after Bates's death, can be found at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, and at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster. The full-scale original of the work, sculpted by Bates in 1895, and due to be sent to Paris for casting, was, from later reports, cast in Fulham and shipped to and erected in Calcutta at the beginning of March 1898. In the issue of 'Clifton Society', of Thursday 16th August 1894, describing the wedding of a nephew of Lord Roberts, it is noted that the happy couple received from 'Mr. & Mrs. Bates, a bronze equestrian model of Lord Roberts.' This fact at least shows that models were being made by Bates in this time period.