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    		• Richards, David,
     
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    		• M. J. Power Bronze Founder,
     
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    		• M. Lux Monument Works,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Occupation -- Vendor
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Animal -- Cat
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Religion -- Satan
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Great Barrington
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Newsboy Statue, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Richards, David, 1829-1897, sculptor.
    M. J. Power Bronze Founder, founder.
    M. Lux Monument Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Newsboy Statue, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Newsboy Fountain, (sculpture).
    Newsboy Monument, (sculpture).
    Newspaper Carrier Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1895. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1895. Rededicated Oct. 1973.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base column: Quincy granite; Fountain basin: blue dolomite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    David Richards, sculptor / M. Lux Fecit (On replacement lion's head and devil's head:) Lovegrove (On bronze base of sculpture:) Maurice J. Power, Founder, N.Y. (On bronze:) Presented to the town of Great Barrington by Col. William L. Brown, October 1985 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    At the top of a polished granite column stands a bronze figure of a young boy holding out a copy of the New York Daily News in his proper right hand, with several more copies tucked beneath his proper left arm. At the base of the column are two bronze fountain spouts depicting a lion's head and a devil's head, which pour water into a small circular fountain basin. The fountain basin originally functioned as a watering trough for horses with two smaller troughs on either side for cats and dogs. Above the each of the smaller troughs is a bronze cat and a bronze dog's head.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child
    Occupation -- Vendor -- Newspaper Boy
    Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper
    Animal -- Dog
    Animal -- Cat
    Animal -- Lion
    Religion -- Satan
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Great Barrington
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Great Barrington, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
    Located Newsboy Park, Silver Street, Maple Avenue & Newsboy Monument Lane, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by Great Barrington resident, Col. William Lee Brown, part-owner and business manager of the original New York Daily News (no relation to the current paper). He wanted to create a lasting tribute to the young newspaper carriers who had served his paper so well. He included the animal fountain spouts as he was a great animal lover as well. He chose the M. Lux Monument Works of Great Barrington to create the column and fountain basin.
    The devil's head fountain spout was stolen sometime prior to 1938 and the lion's head fountain spout disappeared during the 1960s. Through the fund-raising efforts of Barrie Hughes, a newspaper circulation manager and former newsboy himself, the sculpture was restored and replicas of the two missing bronze fountain spouts were made by John and Elinor Lovegrove. Following the restoration, the fountain was rededicated in October of 1973.
    IAS files contain newspaper articles from The Berkshire Courier, July 25, 1985, pg. 1-13 and Aug. 1, 1985, 1-18; and Berkshires Week, June 23, 1994, pg. 14-15.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Berkshires Week, June 23, 1994, pg. 14.
    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 MA000491
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