Hylas
Created by William Farrell
Date: 1860
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: statuette
Description: 'When Hylas was sent with his urn to the font, / Thro' fields full of light, and with heart full of play; / Light rambled the boy over meadow and mount, / And neglected his task for the flowers on the way' (Moore, Melodies)
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
1860
On sale at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
1860
£1 1s.
Citing this record
'Hylas', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1203507088, accessed 01 Apr 2023]
