About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0574
  • TitleFrederick MacMonnies' fountains
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0573), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of cupid fountains, created by Brooklyn-born sculptor Frederick MacMonnies, located in the dining rooms of the Knickerbocker Hotel, Broadway and 42nd Street. The hotel was demolished in 1920; the current location of the fountains is unknown.
  • Date1906
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso of 0574.
  • CreatorFiorilla, E.
  • SubjectMacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937 ; Sculpture, American -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fountains -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: MacMonnies, Frederick W