Grief

Carved by John Henry Foley

Date: 1853
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: sculpture

Object type: bas relief

Description: 'Grief, from the bas-relief by J. H. Foley, A.R.A.'

Bas Relief of kneeling woman and child, in profile, grieving beside a grave, on which is placed a cross, and around which a shamrock/clover plant is entwined.

Notes: engraved by T. W. Knight

Citing this record

'Grief', 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_1214912175, accessed 25 Mar 2023]