# Folly

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FORD, Edward Onslow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ford-edward-onslow-rdeaeec0ba3d431>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Bronze, height 89 cm

## Commentary

The sculptor presented the embodiment of Folly as a pubescent girl poised precariously on the edge of a dangerous rock. Ford&#39;s casting allows enormous detail and a sensuous surface. It was made using the lost-wax process.

## Related artworks

- [Applause](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ford-edward-onslow-rdeaeec0ba3d431/applause-rf423735c48de1e>)
- [Bust of Sir William Quiller Orchardson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ford-edward-onslow-rdeaeec0ba3d431/bust-of-sir-william-quiller-orchardson-r0063f018f638f8>)
- [The Singer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ford-edward-onslow-rdeaeec0ba3d431/the-singer-ree8d7ea3dff533>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)