Watersprite of the Brandywine
Date1963
Artist
Charles Cropper Parks
(American sculptor, 1922–2012)
MediumBronze
Dimensions40 × 27 1/2 × 18 in. (101.6 × 69.9 × 45.7 cm)
base: 9 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (24.4 × 24.4 cm)
base: 9 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (24.4 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Antonia B. Laird, Julia B. Leisenring and Susan B. Parker, 1997
Object number1997-50
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextCharles Parks is best known for his figurative sculptures that adorn private gardens and public spaces throughout the United States. Parks’ elfin creature is a personification of the robust milling industry that flourished along the lower Brandywine Creek in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware in the 18th and 19th centuries.
