Venus Rising from the Sea statue in the Public Garden, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1898-1905

GUSN

GUSN-221506

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
Series 1: Negatives
Subseries B: Subjects
Gardens/ Statue (negatives ARB137-141, ARB149)
Venus Rising from the Sea statue in the Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
- Series 1: Negatives
  - Subseries B: Subjects
    - Gardens/ Statue (negatives ARB137-141, ARB149)
      - Venus Rising from the Sea statue in the Public Garden, Boston, Mass. (current record)
      - Exterior view of unidentified house and garden, Boston, Mass., ARB-137
      - Panoramic view of large field, Boston, Mass., ARB-138
      - Exterior view of unidentified streetscape, Boston, Mass., ARB-139
      - Statue outside unidentified building, Boston, Mass., ARB-140
      - Exterior view of unidentified cathedral, Boston, Mass., ARB-149

Description

The marble statue entitled Venus Rising from the Sea stands in the center of a fountain in a granite basin on the Arlington Street side of the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the first statue installed in the fountain basins in the Public Garden.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public gardens
statues
marble (rock)
fountains
parks (recreation areas)
negatives (photographic)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Digital ID arb141

Physical Descrption

1 gelatin dry plate negative ; 4 1/2 x 5 inches

Finding Aid Info

Paper finding aid in the Library and Archives.

Collection Code

PC018

Collection Name

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

Reference Code

PC018.1.2.6.ARB-141

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

4 1/2 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Alice Augusta Rogerson, 1851-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

negatives (photographic)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Venus (Roman deity)
Venus Rising from the Sea (Statue)
Maid of the Mist (Statue)
Arlington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Historical/Biographical Note

Sources

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown Photographic Collection finding aid.
Rand McNally & Co's Handy Guide to Boston and Environs, 1895, 45.
Friends of the Public Garden. The Public Garden Boston, 69.

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