Brewer Fountain is a 1868 bronze sculpture by

Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard (1810–1870) was a French sculptor and ornamentalist. Works Variants of the same fountain design were used by Liénard multiple times, with minor alterations: * Brewer Fountain, Boston (Massachusetts, United ...

. It stands near the corner of Park and Tremont Streets in

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, by Park Street Station.

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The 22-foot-tall (6.7 m), 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) bronze fountain, cast in

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, was a gift to the city by Gardner Brewer. It began to function for the first time on June 3, 1868. It is one of several casts of the original, featured at the 1855 Paris World Fair, designed by French artist

; other copies with minor variations can be found across the world, including the

Steble Fountain The Steble Fountain stands on William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, to the west of Wellington's Column. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was donated to the city by a fo ...

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or the Tourny Fountain in

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. At least sixteen other copies exist, including one on Av. Cordoba y Cerrito in Buenos Aires and in

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, Brazil. The fountain is decorated with the figures of

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Amphitrite In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys).Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). Under the influence ...

(Neptune's wife), and

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, a couple from

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. It fell into disrepair and finally stopped functioning entirely in 2003. A major repair project began in 2009. After a year-long $640,000 off-site restoration led by sculpture conservator Joshua Craine of Daedalus Inc., it was re-dedicated on May 26, 2010.

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The Brewer Fountain, (sculpture).
at the

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