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Boys and Turtles, (sculpture). Artist:  Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor. Title:  Boys and Turtles, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Les Gamins, (sculpture). Boys Playing with Turtles, (sculpture). Dates:  1888. Presented June 18, 1889. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Basin: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. H. 32 in. x Diam 54 in.; Basin rim: approx. H. 15 in. x Diam. 26 ft. Inscription:  (Signed, rim of base, below proper right foot of standing boy:) Adams (eroded foundry mark) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  In the center of a large granite basin stands a circular bronze sculpture depicting two nude boys. One boy stands and the other crouches behind him. Water sprays on the boys from the mouths of three large turtles located in the fountain basin. Subject:  Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Children Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Fitchburg Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Fitchburg, Planning Department, 718 Main Street, City Hall, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420 Located Upper Common, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Remarks:  Cire-perdue cast, Brussels. The fountain was a gift and presented to the City of Fitchburg on June 18, 1889 by Rodney Wallace, Henry A. Willis, and James Phillips, Jr. The fountain was restored in 1989. IAS files contain a transcription of an article that appeared in the Fitchburg Sentinel, June 25, 1989; and a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated 1977. Ambler-Hyson checklist lists basin media as cement. References:  Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003. Grimes, Florence A., Mrs., 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 73261349   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 73261349 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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