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.[2]
Burnett Memorial Fountain | |
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Location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
40°47′35″N 73°57′10″W / 40.793056°N 73.952778°W |
Created by sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1936 and dedicated on May 28, 1937, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia,[2] it depicts Mary and Dickon from The Secret Garden.[2]