Statuary

"No. 4, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, View on Main Drive. Taber Photo"
(Pecheuse au filet (Fisherwoman with net) is on the left, Autumn is on the right)

Parapet Statues

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"No. 15, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Pecheuse au filet et L'Autumne. Taber Photo"
(The original caption is reversed. Pecheuse au filet (Fisherwoman with net) is on the right, and Autumn is on the left.)


"Venus Coming Out of Bath. (Canova.)" "No. 64, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"Venus. (Canova.)" "No. 32, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Source: OAC (link)


"Venus of Milo. (Antique.)" "No. 57, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"Danseuse. (Canova.)" "No. 26, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Source: OAC (link)


"Antinous. (Antique.)" "No. 8, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"Hebe." "No. 50, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"


"Gryphon." "No. 34, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"Venus Genetrix. (Antique.)" "No. 65, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"


"Danseuse. (Canova.)" "No. 60, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"	"The Surprise. (Canova.)" "No. 3, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"


"Children Supporting Vase." "No. 22, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Conservatory in background	"Demosthenes. (Antique.)" "No. 6, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo"


"Claquer." "No. 89, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Conservatory in background Source: Western Neighborhoods Project	"Birds Nesting." "No. 10, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Taber Photo" Source: OAC (link)

"No. 79, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Group of Boys. Taber Photo"
Source: OAC (link)

"No. 23, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, Vace near lower Gate. Taber Photo"

"No. 51, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal., 1886, The Satyr's Dream. Taber Photo"

Satyr statue, c 1951
Image courtesy of Dorothy Broder

"Sutro Heights, 1885 - Statue of demigod, attributed to Schmit. Probably taken is statuary."
Source: Western Neighborhoods Project

Apollo Belvedere bust (WNPCHP WNP136.31)

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"Sutro Heights, 1896"
Believed to be King Leopold II of Belgium
Source: Western Neighborhoods Project
(example of a similar bust sold at auction here)

"Sutro Heights, 1896 - Bust of Woman displayed on a pedestal"
Believed to be King Leopold II's wife, Marie Henriette
Source: Western Neighborhoods Project

Venus of Milo
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

"Venus de Medici"
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

Venus (album)

John Martini (4/28/2024): "This is not the original statue displayed in this location on Palm Avenue, but rather a replacement for an earlier statue titled Danseuse. Note that the base of this statue is slightly larger than the pedestal below it. This same statue appears to have been mounted atop the lower gate house entrance to the Heights, and shows up in this photo taken just after the 1906 earthquake. It's possible that the original Danseuse was damaged in the quake and the statue from the gate house was moved into its place." (rev)


Statues in the 1910s or ‘20s Photo possibly taken by Harry Walter Calvert Gendar (1870–1945) The reverse reads, “Some fairies in Sutro’s gardens caught when they were not looking." Scan courtesy of Jeannine Gendar	"Sutro Heights, 1933 - Statue of Leprechaun in Carriage Circle" Source: Western Neighborhoods Project