Administered by City of Baltimore Recreation and Parks 2600 Madison Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21217
Located Mt. Vernon Place West Garden Baltimore Maryland 21201
Date:
1916. Installed 1923
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The Peale Museum.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.
Naylor, Henry and Caroline, "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987.
"The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," Baltimore: Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1971, pg. 16-17.
Brown, Warren Wilmer,"The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City: Its Aims and Accomplishments," 1930.
Image on file.
Brown, Warren Wilmer, "The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City: Its Aims and Accomplishments," 1930, pg. 33.
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Summary:
"The young boy balances on his proper right leg, holding his proper left leg high, bent at the knee, as he leans over to look down at a small turtle climbing up toward him. Cattails surround the boy and turtle."
