Triton Babies Fountain Explained

Triton Babies Fountain
Artist:Anna Coleman Ladd
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Triton Babies Fountain is a fountain and sculpture by Anna Coleman Ladd, installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It features a bronze sculpture, cast in 1922, that depicts a boy and girl and measures approximately 2 ft. 3 in. x 19 in. x 39 in. The statue rests on a granite base measuring approximately 2 ft. 6 in. x 18 in. x 31 in. The work was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[1]

A contemporary news item refers to the sculpture, a gift from Mrs. Boylston Beal, as "two Cupids, about life size".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Triton Babies Fountain, (sculpture). . . October 17, 2019 . May 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506213424/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!299647~!0#focus . live .
  2. News: New Bronze Groups for Public Garden . The Boston Globe . October 25, 1921 . December 1, 2022 . September 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918151309/https://www.newspapers.com/article/113967837/boston-public-garden-cupid-sculpture-192/ . live .