Stone Fish, (sculpture).

Stone Fish, (sculpture).

Emery, George, sculptor.

Stone Fish, (sculpture).

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Granite, fieldstone, cement, insulators.

Approx. 3 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. 9 in. x 30 ft.

A large fish. The fish's head is composed of a natural granite boulder with a pointed snout and open mouth. The fish's nostrils are indicated by two drill holes; the eyes are made of glass telegraph or telephone insulators. The body of the fish is formed from hundreds of fieldstones. The body is wider near the head, suggesting fins, and tapers back to the tail. The body curves slightly to the proper left at the tail end.

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Shelburne

Administered by United States Department of Agriculture, White Mountain National Forest, North Main Street, P. O. Box 638, Laconia, New Hampshire 03247

Located Route 2, seven-tenths of a mile east of North Road, Shelburne, New Hampshire

Formerly located Chadburne, Shelburne, New Hampshire

Formerly located Shelburne Inn, Shelburne, New Hampshire

Formerly in the collection of Aston, W. K., Shelburne, New Hampshire

The sculpture was fabricated for summer residence of W. K. Aston by his personal stone mason George Emery. Winona Wilson and David Wilson, as children, assisted the artist by gathering stones for the sculpture. A stone turtle and alligator, now missing, were also part of the original setting. His estate (later the Shelburne Inn) burned down in 1961. The land became Chadburne property. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Margaret Merrell's "Shelburne, New Hampshire, Its First Two Hundred Years," Berlin, NH: Smith & Town Printers, 1988, 2nd ed., pg. 40. People often climb on the sculpture to have their pictures taken.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

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