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    		• Homage -- Howard, William B.
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wales
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    W. B. Howard Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    W. B. Howard Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1887.
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) PRESENTED BY W. B. HOWARD TO THE TOWN OF WALES (On back:) 1887
    Description: 
    A circular stone fountain consisting of a clover-leaf shaped base topped by four columns and a small roof with a lantern on top. In the center of the structure is a pedestal adorned with lion heads.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Howard, William B.
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wales
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Wales, Wales, Massachusetts
    Located Main Street, Wales, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    William B. Howard of New York City was a summer visitor for many years in the home of Myles Needham, and he gave the fountain to the town to express his kind feelings toward the townspeople. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated Dec. 1970.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000952
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