After Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse, (1848-1913) - Cast patinated bronze figure of the American mercenary and military expansionist William Walker, with sidelock rifle in left hand, right arm raised before his face, wearing fur waistcoat, a short jacket and knee-high boots, standing on a rocky base signed in the cast 'A. [Apres?] Carrier Belleuse', impressed '15' beneath, 26cm high

Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse received a commission for the tomb of the liberal reformer and modernizer of Guatemala, President Justo Rufino Barrios (d. 1885). This in turn led to a commission for a National Monument for Costa Rica, in 1890. Located in San José’s Parque Nacional near the Congress Building, the bronze monument commemorates the heroes of Costa Rican freedom. When it was unveiled during Independence Day celebrations on September 15, 1895, the Costa Rican people saw seven figures, five of them women. These allegorical figures represented the nations of Central America—Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, each carrying a weapon to defend her sovereignty against foreign invaders. The sixth figure is William Walker, who attempted to annex Central America to the United States in 1855-57, and Carrier-Belleuse depicted him hiding his face from the female defenders of freedom.