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    		• Ward, John Quincy Adams,
     
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    		• Van Brunt, Henry,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• History -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• State of Being -- Illness
     
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    		• Architecture -- Civic
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    The Ether Monument: The Good Samaritan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor.
    Van Brunt, Henry, 1862-1903, architect.
    Title: 
    The Ether Monument: The Good Samaritan, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Good Samaritan, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1867. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1868.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite and red marble; Fountain: brick and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 35 ft. x 6 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.; Fountain: approx. W. 22 ft. x L. 22 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On the front of base:) TO COMMEMORATE/THE DISCOVERY/THAT THE INHALING OF ETHER/CAUSES INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN/AT THE/MASS. GENERAL HOSPITAL/IN BOSTON/OCTOBER A. D. MDCCCXLVI (On left side of base:) NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN (On back of base:) IN GRATITUDE/FOR THE RELIEF/OF HUMAN SUFFERING/BY THE INHALING OF ETHER/A CITIZEN OF BOSTON/HAS ERECTED/THIS MONUMENT/A. D. MDCCCLXVII (On right side of base:) THIS ALSO COMETH FORTH/FROM THE LORD OF HOSTS/WHICH IS WONDERFUL/IN COUNSEL,/AND EXCELLENT/IN WORKING (On lower rear of base:) The Gift of Thomas Lee
    Description: 
    In the center of a large square fountain basin is a tall square granite base topped with a sculpture depicting a bearded man in robe and turban (the good samaritan) attending a wounded reclining male figure who appears unconscious. Around the center section of the base, there is an inscription panel on each side. The inscription panels are bordered by a decorative frieze, flanked by pairs of polished red granite columns, and topped with a small tre-foil shaped marble relief. The relief on the front depicts the performance of surgery; the relief on the right depicts an allegory of the triumph of science; the relief on the rear depicts a field hospital with a wounded soldier in the care of a surgeon; and the relief on the left depicts the Angel of Mercy descending toward a reclining figure. A water spout on each side of the base is designed as a lion head.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    History -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    State of Being -- Illness -- Wound
    Architecture -- Civic -- Hospital
    Religion -- Angel
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Boston Public Garden, Near Arlington & Beacon Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The monument was commissioned by Thomas Lee and commemorates the discovery ether and its use as an anesthetic in surgery performed at Massachusetts General Hospital October 16, 1846. The fountain was designed by Ward and Van Brunt. IAS files contain an excerpt from Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman's "Other Statues of Boston," Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1947, pg. 41-45. Additional information is available in the files of the Boston Art Commission.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 2000 November. Daedalus, Inc. (Watertown, MA). Treatment report on file with conservator.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 28.
    Boston Art Commission, 1991.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5060, 1989.
    Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 44, pg. 168.
    Monumental News, Dec. 1894, pg. 594; May 1914, pg. 311.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1998.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2001.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 28.
    Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, pg. 168.
    Monumental News, May 1914, pg. 311.
    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 MA000002
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