Margaret Foley

Margaret F. Foley (1820–1877) was an American sculptor.

Early years

Born in 1820, Margaret was a self-taught sculptor, whittling and carving in the rural city of Vergennes, Vermont.^[1]

As most young woman did back in the mid-19th century in New England, Miss Foley traveled to Lowell, MA to work in the textile mills as a mill girl. By her 28th birthday, she moved from the Mill City to Boston in 1848, to continue her sculpting, setting up shop as a cameo artist.

In 1860, she headed to Rome where she began to sculpt large marble medallion portraits.

Noted Works

• poet William Cullen Bryant
• "Abolitionist" (1860) bust^[2]
• Mrs. William Greenleaf Eliot (1864) marble relief^[3]
• Mr. & Mrs. E.H.R. Lyman (1868) pair of cameos^[2]
• Group of the infant Bacchus with a kid (1871) sculpture^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.askart.com/askart/f/margaret_f_foley/margaret_f_foley.aspx
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.artnet.com/artist/702528/margaret-foley-f.html
3. ^ http://artsci.wustl.edu/~artarch/womenartists/checklist/full_checklist.html

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Name	Foley, Margaret
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Date of birth	1820
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Date of death	1877
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