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John Henry Foley

Irish, 1818

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Sculpture

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John Henry Foley was an Irish sculptor based in London whose monumental public works established him as a leading figure in Victorian commemorative sculpture. He is known for the colossal statues of Daniel O'Connell at the O'Connell Monument in Dublin and Prince Albert at the Albert Memorial in London, as well as significant sculptural commissions across India. His practice centered on heroic portraiture and allegorical form executed in marble and bronze at architectural scale.

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Artworks (15)

Stonewall Jackson Statue

1874

statue of Benjamin Lee Guinness

1873 · bronze

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

1870 · oil paint

Monument on Brampton Mote

1869

Statue of Sidney Herbert

1867 · bronze

Statue of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

1867

Edmund Burke

1865 · bronze

Father Theobald Mathew Memorial

Lead with golden brown lacquer patination · 1844

A Youth at a Stream

1844 · Lead with golden brown lacquer patination

Height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

oil paint

Market Day at a Town in Normandy, France

oil paint

Sir James Outram (1803-1863)

bronze

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.

Marble

object: 2032 x 787 x 660 mm, 750 kg

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15 published of 15 catalogued · 14 with image

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Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
1870 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Statue of Sidney Herbert
1867 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Edmund Burke
1865 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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statue of Benjamin Lee Guinness
1873 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Oliver Goldsmith
1863 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Statue of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
1867 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Father Theobald Mathew Memorial
1864 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Market Day at a Town in Normandy, France
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Sir James Outram (1803-1863)
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