Parapet Statuary

Parapet Statuary

Parapet Statues
(South to North)

Night

Hunter

Hebe,
by Canova

Venus

Danseuse
by Canova

Fishing

Prometheus

Femme
Au Serpent

Bachante,
de Clodion

Shepherd
Boy

Spring

Summer

Roman
Flora

Winter

Epos

Polyhymnia

1910c Behrman SU-55 Sutro Heights gun & statues on parapet (GOGA 34346, Box 36)

1910c Behrman SU-53 Sutro Heights statues on parapet (GOGA 34346, Box 36)


"Winter." "No. 33, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Source: OAC (link)	"Parapet, Cliff House and Seal Rocks." "No. 2, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Femme Au Serpent statue Source: OAC (link)

Venus statue
Source: SFPL (link)

Danseuse statue, by Canova (left)
Courtesy of Western Neighborhoods Project

1907 Behrman SU-50 Sutro Heights residence & parapet, April 18 1907 (GOGA 34346, Box 35)

1908c Sutro parapet, statues & cannon (wnp14.10679)


"Spring. (Parapet.)" "No. 55, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" (Summer statue to right) Source: OAC (link)

Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

Life Magazine, 1942

ebay image (not purchased)

"Parapet with Shepherd boy"
"No. 37, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1896, Taber"
Courtesy of the Jim Dickson Collection

"No. 44, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Parapet, Cliff House and Pacific Ocean. Taber Photo"
Source: OAC (link)

A.J. McDonald
Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

Parapet Statuary
Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

"The Golden Gate from the Parapet."
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

Stereoview of Femme Au Serpent statue

Hebe, by Canova
C. A. Lare, Downs, Kansas (reverse)

1910c Behrman SU-54 Sutro Heights statues on cliff (GOGA 34346, Box 36)


"Parapet," "No. 71, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"Mercury. (Antique.) Florence." "No. 30, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"

unidentified statue
Source: SFPL (link)


Lady standing on mushrooms Reverse: "Sutro Heights, San Francisco, July 18 1915" (link)	Mushroom statue

"Rare unseen downtown San Francisco 1940s in color"
(above link will start at the scene showing the statuary on the parapet)

An itemization of the statues from Adolph Sutro's estate inventory (located in the Sutro Library)

Proceeding from south to north they were as follows: "Night", "Hunter", "Hebe", Venus, "Danseuse", "Fishing", "Prometheus", "Femme Au Serpent", "Bachante De Clodion", "Shepherd Boy", "Spring", "Summer", "Roman Flora", "Winter", "Epos", woman (no name) near Photo Gallery. There were also 16 vases on the parapet along with the two cannon and 84 cannon balls seen in many photos. And 63 iron chairs.

Hebe by Canova, external reference
Danseuse by Canova, external reference

unidentified head

Shepherd Boy (?), head

close-up of above Shepherd Boy photo

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