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Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Story, Waldo, sculptor. Title:  Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Draper Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Nov. 8, 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble; Platform: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 12 1/2 ft.; Platform: approx. W. 27 ft. x D. 15 ft. Inscription:  STORY - ROMA (On bronze plaque on back of sculpture:) PRESENTED/TO THE/TOWN OF HOPEDALE/BY/MRS. SUSAN PRESTON DRAPER/1904 (On front of sculpture base:) PRESENTED BY/SUSAN PRESTON DRAPER signed Description:  An elaborate fountain, with exedra wall and bench seating. In the center, a female figure (symbol of Hope) stands atop an orange fountain basin. The holds a diaphanous cloth above her head with both arms. Below her, the fountain base has a relief of a female face; cornucopias (symbol of prosperity and plenty) and an anchor and three dolphins (symbol of the books held in the library). The central figure is balanced by the symmetrically curved adjacent benches terminating in pedestals surmounted by carved plant forms revealing fruit. Buttressing the pedestals are eagles with their wings full back. The entire fountain rests on a platform four steps above grade. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Quality -- Wealth Animal -- Dolphin Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Architecture -- Boat -- Detail Object -- Other -- Cornucopia Object -- Fruit Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hopedale Fountain Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Hopedale, Hopedale & Hope Streets, Hopedale, Massachusetts 01747 Located Bancroft Memorial Library, 50 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was presented to the Town of Hopedale by Mrs. Susan Preston Draper. IAS files contain a related excerpt from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bancroft Memorial Library, Hopedale, Massachusetts, for the Year ending December 31, 1904, pg. 113-114. The excerpt contains a copy of the dedication speeches. For additional information see: the Milford Journal, April 7, 1908; and Margaret E. Haller's "Libraries in New England," Fiskdale, MA: Bookcraft, c1991, pg. 106. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0038, 1989. Monumental News, Oct. 1902, pg. 588. Illustration:  Image on file. Haller, Margaret E., "Libraries in New England," Fiskdale, MA: Bookcraft, c1991, pg. 106. 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 MA000113   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000113 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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