Brewer Fountain
Brewer Fountain stands near the corner of Park and Tremont Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, by Park Street Station. The 22-foot-tall (6.7 m), 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) bronze fountain, cast in Paris, was a gift to the city by Gardner Brewer. It began to function for the first time on June 3, 1868. It is a copy of the original, featured at the 1855 Paris World Fair, designed by French artist Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard.[1]
At least sixteen other copies exist, including one on Av. Cordoba y Cerrito in Buenos Aires and in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.[2][3] The fountain is decorated with the figures of Neptune, Amphitrite (Neptune's wife), and Acis and Galatea, a couple from Greek mythology.[4] It fell into disrepair and finally stopped functioning entirely in 2003. A major repair project began in 2009.[5] After a year-long $640,000 off-site restoration led by sculpture conservator Joshua Craine of Daedalus Inc., it was re-dedicated on May 26, 2010.[6]
References
- ^ "Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, with a Biography of Gardner Brewer". Celebrateboston.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ^ http://www.e-monumen.net/index.php?option=com_monumen&monumenTask=monumenDetails&catid=7&monumenId=646&Itemid=19
- ^ http://www.publicartaroundtheworld.com/Ornamental_Fountain_Tacna.html
- ^ "Boston Common". Aviewoncities.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ^ "141-year-old Brewer Fountain to undergo restoration". The Boston Globe. June 12, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ^ "A jewel of the Boston Common glistens once more". The Boston Globe. May 27, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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