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Councillor William Cook Memorial Drinking Fountain 1910

RICHARDSON, Charles Douglas

Registration number

1086587

Artist/maker

RICHARDSON, Charles Douglas

Title

Councillor William Cook Memorial Drinking Fountain

Production date

1910

Medium

granite, marble and bluestone

Dimensions (H x W x D)

384 cm (overall height). 75 cm (bust)

Inscriptions

ERECTED IN THE MEMORY OF / COUNCILLOR WILLIAM COOK / BY HIS MANY FRIENDS IN / RECOGNITION / OF SERVICES RENDERED WHILST REPRESENTING / VICTORIA WARD / FOR 15 YEARS. / 26TH OCT. 1910.

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Charles Douglas Richardson, Granite, marble and bluestone drinking fountain, 1910, Hardy Reserve, North Carlton

Summary

Location: Hardy Reserve, North Carlton Shrine-like architectural structure surmounted by life size bust of Cr William Cook. The memorial to long serving Councillor Cook was unveiled by the Lord Mayor, Colonel Burston on 26 October 1910. The design of this memorial drinking fountain is derived from wayside shrines, a Catholic tradition whereby the faithful erected shrines through the countryside of Europe. In this secularised form, the spring of water replaces the holy image. The drinking spout is located below a domed canopy, above which is the marble bust of the councillor.