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| 2023-05-08 192 Allegory of the Schulkill River (Water Nymph and Bittern), wood 1809, bronze 1872; William Rush, Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Rush carved the original version of this figure in wood for a fountain that stood in front of Philidelphia's first water system at Centre Square, where City Hall now stands. Water spoted from the beak of the bittern, a bird that frequented the banks of the Schulkill River. . Concerned about deterioration of the wood original, which had been moved in 1829 to the new Fairmount Water Works on the Schulkill River (situated next to this museum), the city ordered this bronze cast made in 1872. |