Hero
Created by Francis John Williamson
Date: 1868
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Notes: The work is listed in the exhibition catalogue with the following verse:
'"Gazed on the earth the maid, and could not speak,
And strove to hide the blushes on her cheek,
And with her restless foot she beat the ground,
And closer dres her modest mantle round...
Sure omens all of love."...Musæas. Translated by Dean Milman.'
Exhibitions and other Events
On sale at Exhibition of Modern Paintings, Sculpture, &c., at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1868
£10 10s.
Citing this record
'Hero', 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=msib4_1202311618, accessed 29 May 2023]
