Commemorated on 1 plaque
Florentine Boar - In 1806 Joseph Strutt commissioned sculptor W J Coffee to make a ceramic copy of the Renaissance boar sculpture in Marketo Nuovo, Florence. Originally located in the gardens at his house in central Derby, the boar was transferred to this site when the Arboretum opened in 1840. It survived here for little over a century until being severely damaged by a World War II bombing raid in 1941 and was then removed. As part of the Arboretum refurbishments, the original boar was replaced by this bronze replica.
The Arboretum, Derby, United Kingdom where it sited