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
Sources
Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art Industry in Dublin, 1853.
1853
p. viii (sculpture listing); print after engraving also featured between pp. 52-53
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 28 Sep 2023]
