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by Cora Wandel
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "The Neptune Fountain At The Library Of Congress - King Of The Sea" by Cora Wandel. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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The dramatic Neptune Fountain is in front of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, directly across the street from the United States Capitol. ... more
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The dramatic Neptune Fountain is in front of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, directly across the street from the United States Capitol. Also known as The Court of Neptune, in the center of the fountain is the majestic King of the Sea, a large, muscular man riding a horse and surrounded by his sons the tritons blowing conches. On each side of the men are frolicking sea nymphs, or Naiads, also on horseback and enjoying riding through water that is full of sea serpents, frogs, turtles, and playful jets of water shooting throughout the basin.
This photograph is of the King of the Sea in the middle of the fountain.
The bronze sculptors in the fountain were made by Roland Hinton Perry, a 27 year-old New Yorker who completed everything, including the fountain, in 1898, one year after the Library of Congress opened (there had been two buildings holding the Library of Congress before 1898; unfortunately, both were destroyed by fire, including the first building t...
I enjoy photography and writing, and sometimes think of myself as a photojournalist. If there is a story to be told with a photograph, I tell it. As a longtime resident of Washington, DC, a lot of my photographs are of this area, and I enjoy writing in the description something about the shot -- it could be a short statement about an equestrian statue in the middle of a park, or a more intimate tale of the mausoleum where Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, was entombed for the remaining three years of Lincoln's presidency after the boy's death. These photographs are contained in the aptly named "Washington DC" Collection. In addition to "WDC" there are eight other Collections on this page, and two of my favorites are "Paintings" and...
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