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Dr. Bill Wallace Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Earl, Clifford, sculptor. Marcellus Wright Cox & Smith Architects, architectural firm. Title:  Dr. Bill Wallace Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Globe: stainless steel and copper; Basin: concrete, tile, and wood. Dimensions:  Globe: approx. Diam. 12 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 36 ft. Description:  The fountain sculpture is a world globe made of twenty-one horizontal and vertical steel rods with continents made from welded copper straps bolted to the steel rods. The sculpture is placed in the center of a circular concrete basin with tiled side walls and a wooden bench encasing the rim. The basin contains three water jets which surround the fountain sculpture. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Globe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Rockville Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Baker James Cauthen & Eloise Glass Cauthen Missionary Learning Center, Facilities Management, 16492 Missionary Learning Center Lane, Rockville, Virginia 23146 Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: Dr. Bill Wallace Fountain/Southern Baptist Medical Missionary to China/1935-1951/This fountain is dedicated/in love, honor and appreciation of all/Southern Baptist missionaries/past, present and future/1986/Given by/Roy Greisel, Edinburg, Texas/In memory of his daughter/Judith Ann English/March 16, 1939-January 4, 1963. The fountain is dedicated to all Southern Baptist missionaries and was given by Dr. Bill Wallace, the Southern Baptist Medical Missionary to China, 1935-1951, in memory of his daughter Judith Ann English (March 16, 1939 - Jan. 4, 1963). The globe was commissioned by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board which has a similar seven-foot globe at its headquarters. The globe was financed through private donations. IAS files contain inter-organizational correspondence from the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Abroad, dated March 1, 1985; an article from the Richmond Times Dispatch, May 16, 1986; and an article from the Biblical Record, Sept. 6, 1986. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 VA000420   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000420 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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