Boston illustrated; . development, that the Boston Memorial Associationlias been formed among the best men of the city, wisely and skillfully to direct and supervise the decoration of the streets, andto protect the interests of the highest art andthe best sesthetic culture in this manner. There are several interesting works of art inthe Public Garden. The one first placed therewas a small but very beautiful statue of VenusRising from the Sea, which stands near the Ar-lington Street entrance, opposite CommonwealthAvenue. The fountain connected with thisstatue is so arranged as to throw, when it
Boston illustrated; . development, that the Boston Memorial Associationlias been formed among the best men of the city, wisely and skillfully to direct and supervise the decoration of the streets, andto protect the interests of the highest art andthe best sesthetic culture in this manner. There are several interesting works of art inthe Public Garden. The one first placed therewas a small but very beautiful statue of VenusRising from the Sea, which stands near the Ar-lington Street entrance, opposite CommonwealthAvenue. The fountain connected with thisstatue is so arranged as to throw, when it isplaying, a fine spray all about the figure ofVenus, producing a remarkably beautiful towards Beacon Street stands the mon-ument to Commemorate the discovery that theinhaling of Ether causes Insensibility to Pain,presented by Thomas Lee, Esq., and dedicatedin June, 1868. In the centre of the BeaconStreet side stands the statue in bronze of theThe Everett Statue. late Edward Everett. The funds for this. BOSTON ILL USTRATED. 35 statue were raised by a public subscription, in 1865. The remarkable success orthis subscription has already been referred to. This statue was modelled inRome by Story, in 18G6, cast in Munich, and presented to the city in Novem-ber, 1867. The orator stands with his head thrown back, and with his rightarm extended in the act of making a favorite gesture. But the most conspicuous of all the works of art in the Public Gardenis Balls great equestrian statue of Washington, which stands in the midst ofthe central path near the Arlington Street main entrance. It is justly re-garded by many as one of the finest, as it is one of the largest, pieces of thekind in America. The movement which resulted in the erection of this monu-ment was begun in the spring of 1859. The earliest contribution to the fundwas the proceeds of an oration delivered by the Hon. Robert C. Wiutluop inthe Music Hall less than a month after the committee was organized. A great
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