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| Town/County: Waterville/Kennebec | Name: Weeping Lion (based on the Lion of Lucerne by Thorvaldsen) |
| Location: Miller Library, Colby College | |
| Type: Sculpture | Materials: Marble |
| Date Erected: 1870-71 | Date Dedicated: 1871 |
| Maker/Sculptor: Martin Milmore of Boston | Source of Funding: Funds raised by Professor Charles E. Hamlin |
| Altered or Moved: Moved from Memorial Hall, Old Colby Campus in 1962 | |
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| References: Edwin Carey Whittemore, Colby College, 1820-1925, Waterville, 1927, pp. 96-98; Ernest C. Marriner, The History of Colby College, Waterville, 1963, pp. 168-169; Earl H. Smith, Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College, Hanover and London, 2006, pp. 24, 118 | |
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Photograph, c.1900
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