April 12
Puck Statue - Folger Shakespeake Library
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
"To the west of the Folger, a statue of Shakespeare’s mischievous sprite Puck looks merrily toward the U.S. Capitol from above a fountain surrounded by plantings. The inscription below, “Lord, what fooles these mortals be!”, was chosen by chief architect Paul Cret and consulting architect Alexander Trowbridge from three Puck quotations supplied by Henry Folger. Cret used carved oak branches in the marble base to suggest the woods of Athens, where Puck plays his tricks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream"
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