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  2. Bethesda Terrace and Fountain - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda Fountain is the central feature on the lower level of the terrace. The pool is centered by a fountain sculpture designed by Emma Stebbins in 1868 and unveiled in 1873. [ 29 ] Also called the Angel of the Waters , the statue refers to the biblical healing of a disabled man at Bethesda , a story from the Gospel of John about an angel ...

  3. Emma Stebbins - Wikipedia

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    Emma Stebbins (1 September 1815 – 25 October 1882) was an American sculptor and the first woman to receive a public art commission from New York City. She is best known for her work Angel of the Waters (1873), the centerpiece of the Bethesda Fountain, located on the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, New York.

  4. Bethesda - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda system, a classification system for thyroid neoplasia, named after the town in Maryland Bethesda Softworks , a video games publishing company, named after the town in Maryland Bethesda Game Studios , Bethesda Softworks' in-house video game development company

  5. Bethesda, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda (/ b ə ˈ θ ɛ z d ə /) is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region and a national center for medical research.

  6. Public art in Central Park - Wikipedia

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    A bronze statue on a granite pedestal, funded by a benefit performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar on November 25, 1864 at The Winter Garden Theatre starring Edwin Booth, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., and John Wilkes Booth. The statue is the second of Ward's four in Central Park. IAS Number: 65700009. Sherman Memorial aka William Tecumseh Sherman

  7. Pool of Bethesda - Wikipedia

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    The name of the pool is said to be derived from the Hebrew and/or Aramaic language. Beth hesda (בית חסד/חסדא), means either "house of mercy" [ 2 ] or "house of grace ". This meaning may have been thought appropriate, since the location was seen as a place of disgrace due to the presence of invalids, and as a place of grace due to the ...

  8. Burnett Memorial Fountain - Wikipedia

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    Frances Hodgson Burnett Memorial Fountain, [1] located near Fifth Avenue and the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan's Central Park, is an outdoor bronze sculpture and fountain which serves as a memorial to Burnett, the author of several literary classics including The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

  9. Alice in Wonderland sculpture - Wikipedia

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    The Alice in Wonderland sculpture is located at Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, U.S.It is approximately at 74th Street, on the north side of Conservatory Water.The bronze statue by Jose de Creeft stands eleven feet high and portrays Alice surrounded by the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and other characters from Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ...