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(Bryce Fountain), (sculpture). Artist:  J. W. Fiske Iron Works, founder. Title:  (Bryce Fountain), (sculpture). Dates:  Possibly installed 1880s or 1890s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: hollow cast metal; Base: concrete, painted cream and metal, painted gold. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 7 in. x 21 in. x 29 in.; Base: approx. H. 30 in. x Diam. 28 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) J W Fiske Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length figure of a Classical-style goddess, possibly Hygeia, goddess of Health, stands in the center of a fountain. Thin streams of water spout up from a ring at the base of the figure. She wears a loose, draped gown and a garland in her hair. Her proper right arm is over her head, and she pours water from a pitcher held in her proper right hand into a cup held in her proper left hand. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Hygeia Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuscaloosa Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Bryce Hospital, Engineering Department, 200 University Boulevard, In front of Administration Building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. IAS files include an excerpt from the "Bryce Hospital Historic Structures Report," prepared by Robert Oliver Mellown. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. 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 AL000327   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000327 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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