Christopher Lyman Magee Memorial, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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N 40° 26.556 W 079° 57.072
17T E 588945 N 4477411
Cast bronze and granite fountain built in 1908
Waymark Code: WM4J25
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2008
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Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907)
This memorial fountain celebrates Charity, who holds an overflowing cornucopia, and features a quotation from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, underscoring the quality of mercy. Saint-Gaudens was the most influential sculptor in America at the turn of the century. Magee owned the property at Forbes Avenue and Halkett Street, which he gave to create a hospital, today’s Magee-Womens Hospital.
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