Ino and the Infant Bacchus (after John Henry Foley)
Copeland
Category
Ceramics
Date
1851
Materials
Parian
Measurements
280 x 545 x 203 mm
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836677
Summary
Ceramic, Parian ware, Ino and the Infant Bacchus (after John Henry Foley) by Copeland. Parian figure of mother playing with infant, inscribed on back'J.H.FOLEY Sculp, COPELAND, Published May 1st 1851' Ino was the daughter of Cadmus, King of Thebes and wife of Athamas, King of Orchomenus. She and her husband took in the infant Bacchus, born of Zeus' union with Semele (who was Ino sister) whom he had killed with a thunderbolt.
Marks and inscriptions
J.H.FOLEY Sculp, COPELAND, Published May 1st 1851(on back)
Makers and roles
Copeland, manufacturer after John Henry Foley, RA (Dublin 1818 - London 1874), sculptor