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Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Kirn, Herman, sculptor. Title:  Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Catholic Fountain and Toleration, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1876. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculptures: marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Moses: approx. H. 15 ft.; Figures on cross: each approx. H. 9 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 40 ft. Description:  A circular fountain on a granite platform in the shape of a Maltese cross. In the center of the fountain basin is the figure of Moses standing on a mass of rocks. In his proper left hand he holds a tablet. His proper right hand is pointing to the sky. There are four figures on the arms of the cross, Commodore John Barry, Archbishop John Carroll, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Father Theobald Mathew. Under each of these figures is a drinking fountain. The fountain basin is decorated with medallions of prominent Catholics who participated in the Revolution. The depictions include: George Meade, Colonel Stephen Moylan, Count Casimir Pulaski, Marquis de Lafayette, Comte de Grasse, Chief Orono of the Penobscot Indian Tribe, and the badge of the Temperance Union. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Charity Religion Allegory -- Quality -- Temperance Portrait male -- Barry, John -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Commodore Portrait male -- Carroll, John -- Full length Portrait male -- Carroll, Charles -- Full length Portrait male -- Mathew, Theobold -- Full length Portrait male -- Meade, George Gordon Portrait male -- Moylan, Stephen Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Portrait male -- Pulaski, Casimir Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Ethnic -- French Portrait male -- Grasse, Comte de Portrait male -- Orono -- Head Ethnic -- Indian -- Penobscot Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Fairmount Park, North Concourse Drive & States Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America erected this fountain to mark their participation in the Centennial of 1876. The fountain cost 50,000 dollars. It was damaged by lightning on June 18, 1910. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. City of Philadelphia, 1973. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0317, 1989. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, 144. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 201. Monumental News, Aug. 1910, pg. 573. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 144. 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 75009303   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009303 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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