Fortitude is a photograph by Sarah Loft which was uploaded on May 13th, 2015.
Fortitude
Two lion sculptures stand on either side of the steps leading up to the main building of the New York Public library on Fifth Avenue: Patience on the... more
by Sarah Loft
Title
Fortitude
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Two lion sculptures stand on either side of the steps leading up to the main building of the New York Public library on Fifth Avenue: "Patience" on the south and "Fortitude" on the north side. In 1911 the lions were originally given the names "Leo Astor" and "Leo Lenox" in honor of two founders of the library, John Jacob Astor and James Lenox, but the names didn't stick. During the Great Depression Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia dubbed them Patience and Fortitude and those are the names that have become permanent.
Per Wikipedia: The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (and third largest in the world), behind only the Library of Congress. It is an independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing. The library has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, and affiliations with academic and professional libraries in the metropolitan area of New York State.
The library was developed in the 19th century, founded from an amalgamation of grass-roots libraries, and social libraries of bibliophiles and the wealthy, aided by the philanthropy of the wealthiest Americans of their age.
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Featured in the Art from the Past group, May 2015.
Uploaded
May 13th, 2015