Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Botanic Gardens, fountain

This monument known as 'Love Led Them' is a small bronze fountain figure of a Cupid (a young boy with bow and arrows and wings) on a marble plinth, set in the central pond of the Pioneer Memorial Garden. It was sculpted by Paul R. Montford (1868-1938) and marks the precise spot of the centre of the dome of the former Garden Palace, a grand exhibition building built in 1879 that burnt down three years later.
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5 comments:

  1. LoisTuesday, 5 May 2009 at 08:16:00 GMT+10

    I enlarged the picture so I could see Cupid up close. Very nice!

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  2. AnnTuesday, 5 May 2009 at 09:38:00 GMT+10

    I'm trying to place where this is. Is that the garden at the bottom of the steep steps?

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  3. JimTuesday, 5 May 2009 at 16:11:00 GMT+10

    Yes Ann, that's exactly where it is. It's at the bottom the steps that feature sculptures of the Seasons.

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  4. HelsFriday, 23 July 2010 at 13:50:00 GMT+10

    Thanks for this photo - the fountain's location is perfect. I created a link straight away
    Hels
    http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/garden-palace-sydneys-exhibition.html

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  5. JimSaturday, 24 July 2010 at 12:39:00 GMT+10

    No worries, Hels.

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