Water Nymph - Kingston, Ontario
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N 44° 13.654 W 076° 29.374
18T E 381032 N 4898227
At the top of the Kirkpatrick Fountain, in Kingston, Ontario, stands a bronze sculpture depicting a water nymph amongst bulrushes. The female figure is holding an urn and wearing a shell necklace.
Waymark Code: WM146C9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/28/2021
Views: 2
The Kirkpatrick Fountain is a multi-tiered structure consisting of two tiers of round basins over a base guarded by a pair of seated lions surrounded by an octagonal basin. At the fountain's top there a bronze sculpture depicting a water nymph amongst bulrushes. The female figure is holding an urn and wearing a shell necklace. Water cascades out of jets set into the mouths of the lions, around and into the basins up to the nymph where it jets out and around her and from the urn she holds. The fountain is painted gold, green and cream coloured, and is covered with allegorical figures.
This fountain has stood in front of the Frontenac County Courthouse National Historic Site since 1903. Designed by Kingston architect Joseph Power, it honours Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick, 1841-1899, a son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, the first mayor of the Town of Kingston, 1838. Sir George was Member of Parliament for Frontenac, 1870-1892, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1883-1887, and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 1892-1897.
In 2019, the fountain was dismantled for the purpose of cataloguing and storing its pieces for future restoration and reassembly.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Joseph Power
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1903
Materials used: Bronze
Location: The sculpture is located in proximity to the Frontenac County Court House
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