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    		• Boyle, John J.,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Eyre, Cope, and Edgar V. Seeler,
     
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    		• Religion -- Old Testament
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Animal -- Camel
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Rebecca at the Well, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Boyle, John J., 1851/52-1917, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Eyre, Cope, and Edgar V. Seeler, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Rebecca at the Well, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1908. Installed 1908. Relocated 1922. Reinstalled 1934.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 74 ft. x 77 ft. x 6 in.; Base: approx. 14 ft. x 26 ft. x 49 in.
    Inscription: 
    GORHAM.CO.FOUNDERS. (Relief, between feet of figure on the proper right:) J. J. Boyle/sculptor/1908 (Relief, front bottom edge:) DRINK.AND I WILL.GIVE.THY.CAMELS.DRINK.ALSO / GEN/ESIS/XXIV/XIX (Base, front just below relief:) I GIVE THIS LEGACY FOR A/TRIPLE PURPOSE TO/ORNAMENT THE CITY THAT/WILLIAM PENN FOUNDED/TO REFRESH THE WEARY AND/THIRSTY BOTH MAN & BEAST/AND TO COMMEMORATE/A FACT OF SACRED HISTORY/EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF MARY REBECCA DARBY SMITH (Base, small rectangular plaque, middle front:) This Monument/Was Removed/From Twelfth/And Spring/Garden Streets/And Erected/on This Site/By The/Philadelphia/Fountain/Society/1934 (Base, small round plaque, lower front:) Erected By The/Philadelphia/Fountain/Society/1908/As Directed By The Will Of/Mary Rebecca Darby Smith signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bronze relief depicting the Old Testament story of "Rebecca at the Well" is installed on a center vertical element which is flanked by two stone benches. On the relief, the barefoot figure of Rebecca, dressed in long robes with a cloth over her head, stands at the well holding a large jug with both hands. She faces the barefoot figure of a shepherd also dressed in long robes which cover his head. He approaches her carrying a staff in his proper left hand. Two camels are visible in the background between the two figures. A quote from the Bible runs along the bottom of the relief. Below the relief is an inscription which has a small rectangular plaque in the middle. Below the inscription is a three-sided, semi-circular protrusion adorned along the top with a woven pattern. A small circular plaque appears below the decorative weaving. On either side of the tall vertical element are simple stone benches.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Old Testament -- Rebecca
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Farm -- Shepherd
    Animal -- Camel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
    Located Fairmount Park, Horticultural Center, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Median on Spring Garden Street at Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1908-1922.
    Remarks: 
    Rebecca Darby Smith made a bequest of $5,000 for a fountain for the City of Philadelphia. When this fountain was installed on the median garden strip that divided Spring Garden Street at Twelfth Street, the relief of Rebecca at the Well was placed above a water fountain and bench with a horse trough in front. The architectural design was by Eyre, Cope, and Edgar V. Seeler. In 1922, the piece had to be moved because the median strip on Spring Garden Street was removed by the Bureau of Highways. It was later reconstructed and in 1934 it was reinstalled at its present site without the fountain.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 2005 June. Kreilick Conservation, LLC (Oreland, PA). Treatment report on file with owner and conservator.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    City of Philadelphia, 1973.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 219.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2008.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 219.
    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 75009317
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