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Detail of the Ether Monument in the Public Garden.
It commemorates the first use of ether in medicine. Its design has been attributed to the Boston architect William Robert Ware and to the sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward or "mssrs Ware and Brunt" according to various sources. It is 40 feet tall. Erected in 1868, it is the oldest monument in the public garden. It was a the gift of Thomas Lee a retired Boston merchant. Taken with my Ricoh KR-5 late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ether_fountain_Lion-01
Detail of the Ether Monument in the Public Garden.
It commemorates the first use of ether in medicine. Its design has been attributed to the Boston architect William Robert Ware and to the sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward or "mssrs Ware and Brunt" according to various sources. It is 40 feet tall. Erected in 1868, it is the oldest monument in the public garden. It was a the gift of Thomas Lee a retired Boston merchant. Taken with my Ricoh KR-5 late 1980s-early 1990s.