Sound the trumpet
Bailey's Fountain at Grand Army Plaza. The 1932 fountain was funded by philanthropist Frank Bailey as a memorial to his wife.The crowning sculpture of the figures are that of Wisdom and Felicity holding on to the prow of a ship.The bottom statue is that of Triton or Triden (without the second"t"), the son of Neptune/Poseidon.Although Triton uses a trident the sculptor opted to show him blowing on a twisted sea conch,one of the god's other attributes.When he blows on it like a trumpet he does so to either stir or calm the waves of the sea.You can't see it to well in this shot,but there's also a little boy off to the right carrying a cornucopia.
Sound the trumpet
Bailey's Fountain at Grand Army Plaza. The 1932 fountain was funded by philanthropist Frank Bailey as a memorial to his wife.The crowning sculpture of the figures are that of Wisdom and Felicity holding on to the prow of a ship.The bottom statue is that of Triton or Triden (without the second"t"), the son of Neptune/Poseidon.Although Triton uses a trident the sculptor opted to show him blowing on a twisted sea conch,one of the god's other attributes.When he blows on it like a trumpet he does so to either stir or calm the waves of the sea.You can't see it to well in this shot,but there's also a little boy off to the right carrying a cornucopia.