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Image on file.
Alaya, Flavia, "Gaetano Federici: 1880-1964 The Artist As Historian," Paterson NJ: Passaic County Historical Society, 1980, pg. 64.
(On back of sculpture, at top of square bronze shaft, incised lettering:) GAETANO FEDERICI/1931 (On back of sculpture, middle of square bronze shaft:) ERECTED BY THE/DUBLIN SPRING/ASSOCIATION/1931/NEAR THE SITE/OF THE/OLD DUBLIN SPRING (On front of sculpture, middle of square bronze shaft:) NO MORE (On bronze plaque attached to granite base:) "The Dublin Spring Water Boy"/This monument was sculptured by/GAETANO FEDERICI in 1931. It was/originally located at the southwest/corner of Mill Street and Oliver Street/to commemorate the Dublin Spring used/by the Irish-American community/during the 1800's. It was moved to its present location in 1991 during the/reconstruction of Oliver St. signed
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Summary:
A tall bronze shaft topped by a bronze figure of a small boy holding an oval-shaped canteen in front of him. The front of the shaft is adorned with the face of a small bulldog popping out of a hole surrounded by shamrocks. The sculpture rests on a square block of granite.
