Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
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Description Colorized photo from 1906Original title: Fountain Square and Tyler-Davidson FountainPhotographer: Detroit PublishingLocation: 42 East Fifth St, Cincinnati, OHIn 1840, Brother's-in-law, Henry Probasco and Tyler Davidson were partners in a hardware business in Cincinnati. Over the next twenty years, their business prospered, and they wanted to thank the patrons with a gift. Something practical and yet something more beautiful than any statue. But the idea was put on hold when the Civil war broke out. In 1865, eight months after the war's end, Davidson died. So the fountain not only was a thank you gift, it was now going to honor his partner, Tyler Davidson.Probasco traveled to Europe and found a company to make his fountain. He found August von Krehlin at the Royal Bronze Foundry in Munich, Germany. They designed a statue that represents the blessing of water. The statue starts with a mother figure, with her arms stretched, water raining down from her hands onto the people below. Water rains down on a peasant farmer hoping for rain for his dry fields, a man praying for water to douse a fire, a mother cajoling her child to take a bath, a woman offering a cup for her invalid father.But Probasco wanted more, he wanted smaller satellite fountains for people to drink from. Each corner has a boy wrestling an animal of some kind. Bronze cups were attached to to each corner, (in those days germs were not invented yet, and they shared cups often for many things). Two of the cups survived till the mid 1980's, before being removed for sanitary reasons. But what was really interesting about this fountain, beyond the fact you can drink from it. It was cold in the summer! Underneath that fountain, was a room where they stored ice. There was 2000ft of copper pipe, and the water traveled through that and then out. So the water was always fresh and cold! One of the reasons he wanted a drinking fountain was that people and kids were visiting bars, because that was the only f
Mike Savad, Westfield, NJ Member Since August 2009 Artist Statement My name is Mike Savad, I create one of a kind creations. Photo realistic is what people think of first. There are many themes, flowers, porches, and local Suburban Scenes, some city, some urban. I also have many Job inspired images that cover a quite a range. If your looking for a gift for your Pharmacist, Doctor, Dentist, Lawyer, Barber, Gardner, Fireman etc, there should be something there for you. These will look very nice hanging on your wall, or in a waiting room, even a hotel room. My art is inspired by Norman Rockwell and Paintings from the time of the Renaissance.