William Ievers (Jnr) Memorial Drinking Fountain 1915

RICHARDSON, Charles Douglas

Registration number

1086585

Artist/maker

RICHARDSON, Charles Douglas

Title

William Ievers (Jnr) Memorial Drinking Fountain

Production date

1915

Medium

granite, marble, bluestone

Dimensions (H x W x D)

398 cm (overall height)

Inscriptions

ERECTED BY COUNCILLOR GEORGE HAWKINS IEVERS, J.P. / IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER / COUNCILLOR WM. IEVERS JUNR., M.P.,/ CARLTON SOUTH, WHO LIVED IN SMITH WARD, / FROM 1855 TO 1895 / A GOOD SON, BROTHER AND CITIZEN / 1915

Credit line

Donated by the Ievers family, 1915
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

William Jnr (1881–95), William Snr (1895–1901), George Hawkins (1901–21), Charles Douglas Richardson, Granite, marble and bluestone drinking fountain, 1915, Macarthur Square, Rathdowne St, Carlton

Summary

Location: Macarthur Square, Rathdowne St, Carlton Shrine like architectural structure summounted by life size bust of William Ievers (Jnr). Architecture structure: bluestone steps, grey Harcourt & red Finland granite. Bust: white marble. Drinking element in base, under canopy. Richardson sculpted three memorial fountains dedicated to the Ievers family, who donated them to the community in thanks for its support. William Jnr (1881–95), William Snr (1895–1901), and George Hawkins (1901–21) consecutively represented the Smith Ward for a period of 40 years. George Ievers proposed the fountains in 1913 as part of a beautification scheme coordinated by the Parks & Gardens Committee, of which he was a member. At the unveiling of this second monument, Minister Mutchinson claimed: ‘the residents of Melbourne should be grateful to the Parks & Gardens Committee for having transformed ugly, vacant spaces into beauty spots and breathing spaces for the city’.