Herbert Adams
Boys and Turtles
1888
In 1889 Rodney Wallace, James Phillips, and Henry Willis donated money for an ornamental fountain to grace the Upper Common of Fitchburg, MA and the City accepted the idea. Herbert Adams created the sculptures for the fountain while he lived and worked in Paris.
In the center of a large granite basin stands a circular bronze sculpture depicting two nude boys. One boy stands and the other crouches behind him. Water sprays on the boys from the mouths of three large turtles located in the fountain basin.
The original image can be found here.
