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Hebe, (sculpture). Artist:  J.L. Mott Iron Works, founder. Thorwaldsen, Bertel, 1768-1844, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Hebe, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Herbe, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1890. Reinstalled 1975. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: sandstone platform and painted cast iron pedestal. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 60 x 20 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 80 x 72 x 72 in. Inscription:  (Front of plinth:) J.L. MOTT, N.Y. (Plaque on front of base, raised:) FIRST NATIONAL BANK (Plaque on back of base:) RESTORED 1975/BY/HAMILTON FOUNDRY/AND/FIRST NATIONAL BANK Founder's mark appears. Description:  The nymph Hebe stands atop a public drinking fountain. She wears a robe hanging from her shoulders and tied at her waist and her hair is tied behind her head. Her proper right arm extends down her side, holding a pitcher in her proper right hand. Her proper left arm is bent upwards at the elbow; her proper left hand is at shoulder height holding a drinking cup. She stands atop an ornamented base with water spouts within relief fish heads. The front and back spouts have basins underneath. A kerosene lamp may originally have been installed in her left palm. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Hebe Animal -- Fish Object -- Other -- Dish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Hamilton Copy Fountain Sculpture Owner:  First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio, 300 High Street, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 Remarks:  Copy of Bertel Thorwaldsen's Hebe, the nymph of brooks and streams. The fountain was removed from its original location in 1928 when construction of the current First National Bank building began. Police Sergeant Byron Furginson saved the fountain and moved it to the back yard of his home on Haldimand Avenue, where it resided until rediscovered by the bank in 1975. The Hamilton Foundry restored the fountain under the direction of sculptor, Ted Gantz, which the bank funded. The fountain has been reinstalled in its original, pre-1928 location. IAS files contain a copy of the booklet "Welcome Home, HERBE...," (sic) Hamilton, OH: The First National Bank & Trust Company, 1976, which contains a historic photo of the fountain in its original setting. Although booklet titles sculpture "Herbe," IAS cataloger believes correct title to be Hebe. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994. 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 OH000234   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000234 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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