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(The Fountain), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (The Fountain), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Cooley Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1910. Medium:  Fountain: granite, carved and polished; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. H. 136 in.; Base: approx. W. 107 in. x D. 107 in. Inscription:  (On front of canopy, incised:) LATHROP COOLEY/MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN (On side of canopy:) HE THAT GIVETH A CUP OF COLD WATER (On other side of canopy:) HONEST WATER THAT NE'ER LEF A MAN/IN THE MIRE unsigned Description:  A Neo-classical canopy with a heavy entablature, a cornice with dentil trim, and an inscribed frieze band set atop four doric columns resting on a three-tiered base. Placed under the canopy and atop the base is an urn-like drinking fountain. Subject:  Homage -- Cooley, Lathrop Homage -- Cooley, Lettie Architecture -- Classical -- Temple Literature -- Shakespeare -- Timon of Athens Allegory -- Quality -- Temperance Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Medina Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Medina, Department of Parks & Recreation, 132 North Elmwood, Medina, Ohio 44256 Located Commons, Along Court Street, directly across from Gazebo, Medina, Ohio Remarks:  Erected by Lettie Searles Cooley in memory of her husband, Lathrop Cooley, and as a means to "teach the double lesson of art and temperance." Lathrop Cooley, a minister of the Disciple Church, served in the eastern Ohio area. IAS files contain related articles from the Medina County Gazette, April 8, 1910, pg. 1; and Feb. 24, 1911. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Medina County Gazette (Ohio), June 9, 1994. 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 OH000405   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000405 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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