Photo: NYC Parks Department
The Burnett Memorial Fountain in the
Conservatory Garden in
Central Park, at center of its "south wing", just as the Untermeyer Fountain
(Three Dancing Maidens)
is at the center of the "north wing". Embury designed the fountain in 1936
as the setting for the 1926 Girl and Boy statue of Bessie Potter Vonnoh.
Reference:
- Burnett Memorial Fountain, NYC Department of Parks website, accessed 10 November 2019: "This lovely garden sculpture and fountain honors the well-known children’s book author Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924). Designed by Parks' Chief Consulting Architect Aymar Embury II (1880-1966), with statues by Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), the memorial was created in 1936."
- Conservatory Garden, Michael Minn (accessed 4 December 2020).