Female Figure For The Lanning Fountain - Northampton, MA
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N 42° 19.088 W 072° 38.361
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A graceful female figure at the center of a fountain in the Botanic Gardens of Smith College.
Waymark Code: WMCKZH
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2011
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This bronze sculpture was commissioned by the Lanning Family, created by Jean Gautherin, and donated to Smith College in memory of their daughter, Mary Tomlinson Lanning, class of 1912. As a sophomore, she became ill and died in 1910. It is placed in a fountain in the middle of a circular walkway at the edge of the Botanic Gardens facing the Burton Lawn.
The statue depicts a young woman with her right hand in a small fountain from which water trickles down into a large, circular concrete basin. It was cast by the American Art Bronze Foundry of Chicago and erected on site in 1912. The front base of the statue carries the inscription: In Memory of a Beautiful Life. The right base is inscribed Brownell Hall 1908/Smith College 1912. The left side has her name and dates: Mary Tomlinson Lanning/September 18, 1888 - January 10, 1910
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Female Figure For The Lanning Fountain
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Jean Gautherin
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1912
Materials used: bronze
Location: Botanic Gardens, Smith College - Northamnpton, MA
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