Crouching Lion
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Touchstone
N 36° 37.137 W 121° 54.630
10S E 597422 N 4053155
Quick Description: This crouching lion looms over the main road into and out of the downtown section of Pacific Grove, California. It looks as if it's ready to pounce on the next car that gets too close.
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 9/12/2005 10:33:11 PM
Waymark Code: WM1DQ
Views: 57
Long Description:
I've driven by this statue many times, but have
never bothered to find out the history of it until now. I'm glad I
did.
This sculpture was made by a local resident, Clark Ashton Smith. A
writer by trade, Mr. Ashton Smith also painted and sculpted for a
living. His literary career was moderately successful, being
proclaimed as the "Keats of the Pacific Coast" for his romantic
poetry, and later one of the masters of modern supernatural
fiction, Smith was also a stone carver. His former home at 117 9th
Street (at Lighthouse Avenue) boasts a sample of his stone-cutting
genius.
