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    		• Atkins, Albert Henry,
     
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    		• Elliott, Huger,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Copenhagen Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Atkins, Albert Henry, 1880-1951, sculptor.
    Elliott, Huger, architect.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Copenhagen Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Coppenhagen Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1914.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief: bronze; Base: pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 10 x 5 x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower right corner of bronze relief:) ALBERT HENRY ATKINS SC MCMXIV/HVGER ELLIOTT ARCHT / GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On back on granite stele:) THE/COPPENHAGEN/FOUNTAIN/IN MEMORY/OF BELOVED/PARENTS/ADMCMXIV signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The fountain consists of a rectangular granite stele adorned on the front with a square bronze relief panel depicting four classical female figures holding Grecian urns. Below the relief is a semicircular fountain basin. The top part of the granite stele is carved on both front and back with a relief depicting a Grecian urn flanked by scrolls and shells. The bottom part of the granite stele is carved on both front and back with a slender shallow water channel that leads to a small drain.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Female
    Object -- Other -- Vase
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Edward Everett Park, Between East Cottage & Columbia Road, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The fountain is located very close to the roadside and it has been hit by a vehicle at least once, but has been reconstructed twice in the past. In 1979, it was rebuilt in Edward Everett Park after it was found in pieces in Franklin Park. In 1992, it was rebuilt after it was hit by a truck.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    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 77000053
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