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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania
     
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    (Lion Heads), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Unknown (England), founder.
    Title: 
    (Lion Heads), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1900.
    Medium: 
    Sculptures: iron; Bases: stone
    Dimensions: 
    2 lion heads. Left lion: approx. 19 x 19 x 17 in.; Right lion: approx. H. 31 in.
    Description: 
    Two large iron lion heads are installed in the stone pillars that flank the entrance drive to Hibernia Mansion. The lion heads are not identical, one is slightly narrower than the other and the facial expressions are different.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chester County Parks and Recreation Department, 601 Westown Road, Government Service Center, Suite 160, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382
    Located Hibernia County Park, Old entrance to Hibernia Mansion on Martin's Corner Road, Chester, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    In 1895 Colonel Franklin Swayne bought Hibernia Mansion as a summer house, and later purchased the lion heads on of his many trips to England.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    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 PA001168
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