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The Drake Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Park, Richard Henry, 1832-1902, sculptor. Fonderia Nelli, founder. Title:  The Drake Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Christopher Columbus, (sculpture). Dates:  1893. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze figure on stone base set in a granite structure. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Granite structure: approx. 30 x 15 x 15 ft. Inscription:  Fond Nelli. Roma (On stone base of Columbus:) Christopher Columbus/The Discoverer of America/1492 (On plaque set into granite structure:) Ice Water Fountain/the gift of John B. Drake/to the/City of Chicago/1892 Founder's mark appears. Description:  Columbus is portrayed as a young student of geography, globe in his proper left hand and a compass in his proper right hand. The figure rests atop a square stepped stone base in front of a granite structure. This granite structure, inspired by gothic architecture, has classical columns, four small flying buttresses and a gothic steeple. At each corner is a low stone planter which at one time had been drinking fountains. Subject:  Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator Ethnic -- Italian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program, 78 East Washington, Chicago Illinois 60602 Located Columbus Circle, East 92nd Street at South Chicago & Exchange Avenues, Chicago, Illinois Provenance:  Formerly located Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois until 1905. Remarks:  Monument was a gift to the city of Chicago from John Burroughs Drake who hoped the drinking fountains would offer an alternative to drinking in the local saloons. It originally stood between the city and county buildings on Washington Street. The monument was moved across the street in 1905 when the old county building was razed. Three years later it moved again, and in 1909 found its present location. References:  Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 290-291. Riedy, James "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 203-204. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 291. 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 87580118   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87580118 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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