Fountain Girl

{{Short description|Fountain and sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.}}

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Fountain Girl (also known as the Frances Willard Fountain and the Little Cold Water Girl) is a fountain and sculpture in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.{{Cite web |title=Decorative Fountain Girl Celebrates Recreation and Reinstallation 50 Years After Going Missing |url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/about-us/news/decorative-fountain-girl-celebrates-recreation-and-reinstallation-50-years-after |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Chicago Park District |archive-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220231745/https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/about-us/news/decorative-fountain-girl-celebrates-recreation-and-reinstallation-50-years-after |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Manchir |first=Michelle |date=2013-10-03 |title=After 55 years, Fountain Girl again stands in Chicago |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2013-10-03-ct-met-fountain-girl-sculpture-recast-1003-20131003-story.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Chicago Tribune}}

The work was created by George Wade in 1893 and originally displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition.{{Cite web |title=Fountain Girl {{!}} Artwork |url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/fountain-girl-artwork |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Chicago Park District |archive-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328150244/https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/fountain-girl-artwork |url-status=live }} After the Fair, the sculpture was moved to downtown Chicago in front of the Women's Hall, where it sat until that building was torn down. It was then re-erected in Lincoln Park, and moved to its current location when Lake Shore Drive was reconstructed in 1940.{{Cite web |title=Fountain Girl Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=242454 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}

Around 1958, the sculpture was stolen. It was finally replaced in 2010, using a mold cast from an identical sculpture in Portland, Maine. In addition to this statue and the one in Portland, identical versions were created for Detroit and London; the London version, in Victoria Embankment Gardens, was also stolen and later re-erected using the Portland statue as its guide.