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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Asbjornsen, Sigvald,     Animal -- Horse     Animal -- Dog     Animal -- Portrait     Animal -- Portrait     Homage -- Whitehead, R. D.     Fountain     Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee     Relief     Sculpture

R.D. Whitehead Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Asbjornsen, Sigvald, 1867-1954, sculptor. Title:  R.D. Whitehead Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Horse and Dog Fountain, (sculpture). Whitehead Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (On relief, bottom:) DANDY GEORGE(Base pillar, front, incised:) ERECTED BY/R.D. WHITEHEAD (Base pillar, rear:) ERECTED BY R.D. WHITEHEAD SUPT./THE BADGER STATE HUMANE SOCIETY/IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY FAITHFUL FRIENDS/HORSE, GEORGE/DOGS, JIM, FLORA, DANDY, PET,/PUNCH, JUDY & SHORTY/CATS, FRANK & HENRY/BIRDS, BROWNEY & DICK (Plaque affixed to base rear:) R.D. WHITEHEAD/MONUMENT/ORIGINALLY A HORSE WATERING TROUGH/ERECTED IN 1910/RESTORED AS A FOUNTAIN IN 1966/BY THE/MAYOR'S BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE/DESIGNATED A MILWAUKEE LANDMARK IN 1974/IN RECOGNITION OF ITS HISTORICAL/SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COMMUNITY unsigned Description:  A watering trough/fountain consisting of a basin and granite pillar. A bronze relief plaque on the front depicts a horse and a dog in profile. Subject:  Animal -- Horse Animal -- Dog Animal -- Portrait -- George Animal -- Portrait -- Dandy Homage -- Whitehead, R. D. Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Milwaukee, Bureau of Bridges & Public Buildings, 841 North Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Located Triangle at South Sixteenth Street, West Bow, and South Pearl Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Remarks:  Donated by Richard D. Whitehead, supintendent of the Badger State Humane Society. The fountain was designated a Milwaukee landmark in 1974. References:  Heitmann, Helen M., 1989, 1993. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee 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 74070012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74070012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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