A large ornate fountain in a park setting

Designed by architect Henry Bacon and sculptor Daniel Chester French—the same duo behind the Lincoln Memorial—the fountain replaced an earlier bronze statue deemed artistically lacking by the Du Pont family. The fountain features three allegorical figures representing the Sea, Wind, and Stars, symbolizing the arts of ocean navigation. Each figure is carved in classical style: a woman with a boat and gull for the Sea, a man with a conch shell and sail for the Wind, and a goddess with a globe for the Stars,