Innocence
Created by John Henry Foley
Date: 1853
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: statue
Material: stone - marble
Technique: carved
Description: 'Innocence, from the statue by J. H. Foley A.R.A., in the exhibition of the Industry of All Nations'.
Seated female nude, with drapery; hands enfold a dove at her left shoulder, eyes down cast.
Notes: Engraved by R. A. Artlett, drawn by F. Roffe.
Sources
Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art Industry in Dublin, 1853.
1853
p. viii (sculpture listing); also print after engraving featured between pp. 8-9.
Citing this record
'Innocence', 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_1214920166, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
