Seaweed Girl Fountain
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Seaweed Girl, 1962-2019, undated
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the Fairmount Park Commission's 1977 search for the two women who modeled for Beatrice Fenton's Seaweed Girl and Nereid Fountain, including a press release announcing the search and a clipping reporting that model Mary Wilson had been located. Also includes 2009 correspondence regarding Wilson's family, a deed of trust (2000), a charitable trust agreement (2001), and an undated description of the sculpture submitted to the Art Jury.
Dates:
1962-2019; undated
Seaweed Girl Fountain, c. 1870, 1921, 1957, 1998
File — Drawer 7.1
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of the fountain, the preliminary model submitted to the Art Jury, and photographs of the Fish Fountain formerly located near Lemon Hill Mansion.
Dates:
c. 1870; 1921; 1957; 1998
