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Title: Bacchante, a bronze sculpture
Alternative Title: Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
Publication Information: Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Fountain in the rock garden at the entrance to the Huntington Art Gallery. The bronze figure, "Bacchante," is by Frederick MacMonnines, the American sculptor. The base is marble of the XVI century and bears the Medici coat of arms. The vasque, or bowl, of the fountain is modern. Part of the notable collections of cycads and palms in the Huntington Botanical Garden surround the fountain. June 10, 1937.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00024208
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 791 4x5
CARL0000028290
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1731
Subject: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Libraries--California--San Marino
Bronzes--California--San Marino
Fountains--California--San Marino
San Marino (Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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