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    		• Stebbins, Emma,
     
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    		• Mould, Jacob Wrey,
     
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    		• Vaux, Calvert,
     
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    		• Batterson, James Goodwin,
     
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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• Ames Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Robert Wood & Company,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bethesda Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    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, founder.
    Title: 
    Bethesda Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Angel of the Waters, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1863. Modeled 1864-1867. Cast 1872. Installed 1873. Dedicated May 31, 1873.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Angel and four putti: bronze; Fountain basin: blue stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Fountain: approx. H. 30 ft. Diam. 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Emma Stebbins inv. mod. Rom 1868/Ferd. V. Miller fudt(?) Munchen 187(?) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    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.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Angel
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Central Park, North of 72nd Street and south of the lake, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    A photograph of the sculpture can be found in the Archives of American Art, in the collection entitled: Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858-1882, (microfilm reel 2082). The scrapbook gives dates of 1860-1873 and indicates angel is 8 feet high; the upper basin is 10 ft. in diameter; the cherubs supporting the upper basin are each 4 ft. high.
    The fountain's substructure is by Jacob Wrey Mould and Calvert Vaux. Sculpture was modeled in Rome and cast in Munich. Fountain was purchased by the Central Park Board of Commissioners for 60,000 dollars. For a detailed description of the conservation and required maintenance for this sculpture, see Department of Parks and Recreation exhibition file 554. For related information on the fountain see: Art Commission of the City of New York, "Catalogue of the Works of Art Beloning to the City of New York," vol. I, pg. 176; and Department of Parks, Third Annual Report, 1872-1873.
    According to an article in The Evening Post (New York), Sept. 5, 1872, 1:1 and 1:2, the winged figure of the "Angel of Mercy descending on the Pool of Bethesda" was cast by Professor Miller in Munich, and the granite octagonal basin was the joint design of Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould. The article also notes that the granite basin was contracted for by J. G. Batterson, of Hartford, Connecticut, from his quarry in Westerly, Rhode Island. And, the article also notes that the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Mass. and Robert Wood of Philadelphia are contractors for the bronze work, which is expected to be finished in October of 1872.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 216.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey 1992.
    Milroy, Elizabeth, compiler, "Unpublished checklist of Emma Stebbins' Works,' 1995.
    Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994.
    The Evening Post (New York), Sept. 5, 1872, 1:1 and 1:2.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 216.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 76002831
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