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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket
     
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    Cogswell Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Sciocto Monuments, founder.
    Title: 
    Cogswell Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1880.
    Medium: 
    Granite shaft with bronze bird on top.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 20 ft. x 42 in. x 46 in.
    Inscription: 
    NEW REPLACEMENT BIRD INSTALLED BY SCIOCTO MONUMENTS, 1991 (Base side:) GOD'S/FREE GIFT TO/MAN AND BEAST/-/PRESENTED BY/H. D. COGSWELL D.D.S. OF SAN FRANCISCO/TO THE CITIZENS OF/PAWTUCKET AND CENTRAL FALLS/AND THEIR DESCENDANTS FOREVER (Base side:) HDG (incised circle)/INDEFATIGABLE PERSEVERANCE/WITH PATIENT INDUSTRY/LEADS TO FORTUNE/IDLENESS AND DISSIPATION TO POVERTY (Base side:) HDG (incised circle)/NEVER LEAVE YOUR WORK/FOR OTHERS TO DO Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A triangular base supporting a columnar shaft with a heron set on top. The heron stands with its feet astride and its beak slightly open. The shaft has inscriptions carved which cap each side. Below the inscriptions are animal heads carved like gargoyles in the shape of a horse, a frog and a cat or dog-like animal, and basins for the original fountain. About half way up the shaft two light fixtures protrude on either side.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Heron
    Animal -- Horse
    Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
    Animal -- Cat
    Animal -- Dog
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Pawtucket, Parks and Recreation, 137 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861
    Located Hodgson Park, Main Street & Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Slater Park, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
    Remarks: 
    Originally located in Hodgson Park, the work was moved to Oak Grove Cemetery, then to Slater Park, before being returned to its present and original location. The bird was replaced in 1991 by Sciocto Monuments.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    Providence Journal (Providence, RI), July 18, 1990.
    Providence Journal (Providence, RI), July 29, 1991.
    The Times (Pawtucket, RI), July 31, 1991.
    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 RI000025
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