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    Bellingham Watering Trough, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jenks, Henry, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Bellingham Watering Trough, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1904.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cast iron.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 75 in. x Diam. 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) Blessed are the Merciful (On back of base:) ERECTED/1904
    Description: 
    A watering trough for horses constructed with a forty-two inch diameter bowl resting on a sixteen inch diameter base. A slender post topped by a ball rises from the center of the bowl.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Bellingham
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Bellingham, Bellingham, Massachusetts
    Located Mechanic & South Main Street intersection, Bellingham, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The watering trough was originally located a quarter of a mile away on Route 126 between St. Blair Church & the Baptist parsonage in Bellingham, Massachusetts. The artist was paid $131.00 for the watering trough. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments dated June 27, 1973.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000307
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