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Fountain in Park, (sculpture). Artist:  Robert Wood & Company, founder. Title:  Fountain in Park, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 19, 1899. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Iron. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 16 ft. Inscription:  Robert Woods (sic) Co/Makers/Phila unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  A multitiered fountain with the figure of Hebe on top. Hebe stands with her hair in a bun, wearing a sleeveless, mid-calf length dress, holding a goblet waist-high in her proper left hand and balancing an urn on her shoulder with her proper right hand. The urn is tipped so that water can pour from it. The figure is mounted on a column decorated with leaves. Beneath the column are four swans with wings spread, necks stretched up, beaks open to catch the water which then falls into a scallop shell basin below and flows over the edges. Four lion heads support the scallop shell basin. Below these are scrolls and leaves, ending in four ornamental supports, resting on four large blocks in the bottom basin. There are six decorated supports around the edge of the basin which once held urns. The fountain is painted white. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Hebe Animal -- Lion Animal -- Bird -- Swan Object -- Other -- Dish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Chestertown Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by Mayor and Council of Chestertown, 118 North Cross Street, Chestertown, Maryland 21620 Coadministered by Chestertown Garden Club, Chestertown, Maryland Located Chestertown Park, bounded by High, Cross, Park Row & Spring Streets, Chestertown, Maryland Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: Originally installed/1899/restored to use by/Kent Co. Jr/Chamber of Commerce/1963. The Ladies Improvement Society, forerunner of the Chestertown Garden Club, conceived the idea of creating a town park and placing a fountain in it. The fountain cost $1,200. In 1993, the Chestertown Garden Club received $3,000 from the Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage to replace the six urns and install lighting. IAS files contain articles from the Kent County News (Maryland), describing the 1899 dedication ceremony; and June 2, 1993, pg. 5A, discussing the fountain's history. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Kent County News, (Maryland), June 2, 1993, pg. 5A. 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 MD000281   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000281 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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