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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Tarboro
     
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    Wyatt Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Wyatt Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Memorial Fountain for Private Henry L. Wyatt, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 3, 1910.
    Medium: 
    Fountain: cast iron, painted; Fence: cast iron, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Fountain: approx. H. 9 ft. x Diam. 10 ft.; Fence: approx. H. 32 in. x Diam. 16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on west side of outer basin wall:) "IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE HENRY L. WYATT/EDGECOMBE GUARDS KILLED JUNE 10 - 1861/FIRST AT BETHEL - ERECTED BY DIXIE-LEE/CHAPTER, CHILDREN OF THE CONFEDERACY/AUGUST 3 - 1910. (Plaque on the gate of fence has a corroded inscription)
    Description: 
    A fountain with basin surrounded by a fence. The fountain consists of a shaft rising out of a large basin. The shaft, decorated as a vine-wrapped tree trunk, has two florate saucers and a pierced ring for spouting water. The main basin has a blue interior and eight decorated, exterior sides. At four of the corners are ornamented urns supporting studded globes and the other four corners have pillars topped with lamps. Each urn has four lion heads, holding rings in their mouths. The encircling fence has a Chinese-style gate on the west side; the gate has a shield-shaped plaque with an inscription.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Wyatt, Henry L.
    Object -- Foliage
    Object -- Other -- Vase
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Architecture -- Detail -- Fence
    Ethnic -- Chinese
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Tarboro
    Fountain
    Light fixture
    Gate
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Tarboro, Department of Public Works, Dowd Street & West Wilson Street, P. O. Box 220, Tarboro, North Carolina 27886
    Located Town Common, East side of Main Street, between Wilson Street & Park Avenue, Tarboro, North Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Dixie-Lee chapter of Children of the Confederacy in memory of Private Henry L. Wyatt. Wyatt was a member of the Edgecombe Guards and was killed June 10, 1861.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
    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 NC000108
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