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Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1962

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Unique IDA-00016276SeriesCity Engineer's Photographic Negatives, 1953-1975Date6th November 1962Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - PrintDescriptionNear Art Gallery Road. View of Art Nouveau fountain by CB Birch near Art Gallery Road entrance gates. Fountain is surmounted with a bronze statue of a young girl with a heron and reeds and frogs at the base. Drinking fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with a red granite base with Art Nouveau bronze statue of a young girl standing amid reeds, a heron and frogs. The fountain was a gift to the people of Sydney in 1889 from the Levy family in memory of Lewis Wofle Levy (1815–1885), politician and businessman. The statue, by CB Birch (1832–1893), is an important example of aestheticism in Sydney.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Geographic location^[1]

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Address

Street number4Street nameMacquarieStreet typeStreetSuburbSydney

Identification

Source system ID037\037977Alternative IDSRC11578. Originally CRS 268/2923.

Relationships

CollectionRoyal Botanic Gardens and the Domain BoxCSA069585

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