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Triton Babies Fountain

Coordinates: 42°21′16.8″N 71°4′10.1″W / 42.354667°N 71.069472°W / 42.354667; -71.069472
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Triton Babies Fountain
The fountain in 2008
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ArtistAnna Coleman Ladd
Year1922 (1922)
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°21′16.8″N 71°4′10.1″W / 42.354667°N 71.069472°W / 42.354667; -71.069472

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]

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  1. ^ "Triton Babies Fountain, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "New Bronze Groups for Public Garden". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1921. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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