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 Bethesda Fountain - New York, NY Posted by:  bluesnote
N 40° 46.459 W 073° 58.250
18T E 586849 N 4514214
One of the most famous fountains in the city.
Waymark Code: WMTVJ3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2017
Views: 14
Taken from the Smithsonian, "On the top of a two-tiered fountain stands a neoclassical winged figure with an idealized face and heavy form. Her wings are spread apart as she strides forward stirring the waters of Bethesda. She carries a lily, the emblem of purity, in her proper left hand. Four putti figures, personifications of Temperance, Purity, Health, and Peace, surround the shaft below the upper basin. Columns with various types of capitals support the lower basin."
TITLE: Bethesda Fountain
ARTIST(S): Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882, sculptor. Mould, Jacob Wrey, 1825-1886, sculptor. Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1892/95, sculptor. Batterson, James Goodwin, 1823-1901, contractor. Royal Foundry, founder. Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. Robert Wood & Company, founde
DATE: Commissioned 1863. Modeled 1864-1867. Cast 1872. Installed 1873. Dedicated May 31, 1873
MEDIUM: Angel and four putti: bronze; Fountain basin: blue stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76002831
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Central Park, North of 72nd Street and south of the lake, New York, New York
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Some corrosion noted.
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