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Grand Army Plaza
Bailey Fountain 
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- Sculptor: Eugene F. Savage
- Architect: Edgerton Swarthout; H. Craig Severance
- Description: Group of three standing figures (heroic scale) on pedestal adorned with three reclining figures (heroic scale), in basin with rockwork coping
- Materials: Figures and pedestal--bronze; Basin--stone; Basin coping--aglomerated rocks
- Cast: 1931
- Dedicated: 1932
- Donor: Frank and Mary Louise Bailey
- Inscription: 1) on pedestal: "Edgerton Swarthout architect / Eugene Savage sculptor / H. Craig Severance architect " 2) on pedestal, east side: "To Brooklyn / The Gift / Of Mr And Mrs Frank Bailey / MCMXXXI"
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