William Shakespeare - Titus Andronicus - Portland, ME
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"Titus Andronicus is believed to be the earliest tragedy by William Shakespeare, ca. 1584-1590, about a fictional Roman general in a cycle of revenge against the queen of the Goths. It is Shakespeare's bloodiest and most violent play." - Wikipedia
Waymark Code: WMK795
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2014
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County of quote: Cumberland County
Location of quote: Federal St., the Pullen Memorial Fountain, Portland
Act I
scene i
Tamora
"Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The paragraph of the quote is readable here
Remarks:
"Fountain honors Stanley T. Pullen (1843-1910), President of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. The piece was maintained by the City's Public Works Department until 1961 when maintenance responsibility was transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
"The fountain was installed in 1910 as a horse trough and fountain on what was then the busy thoroughfare of Federal Street. It was designed by George Burnham of Portland and executed by the New Hampshire Granite Company.
"The fountain was named in honor of local lawyer, politician and onetime editor of the Portland Daily Press, Stanley Thomas Pullen (1843-1910).
"Pullen was also one of the founders of the Portland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, organized in May 1872. He was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Society for the Protection of Animals, which merged with the local group in 1891 and he is considered one of the state's first animal rights pioneers.
"The fountain has served as a horse watering trough for more than a century, and remains in use during the warmer months when horse-drawn tour carriages amble through the Old Port.
"The classically designed granite fountain is ornamented with six dolphins, and during its heyday was referred to as "The Bubble" by local children." - Portland Press Herald