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The River Horse is a bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus located on the campus of George Washington University. It is in front of Lisner Auditorium, at 21st Street and H Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. In 1996, George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presented this bronze statue as a gift to the University's Class of 2000. The hippo stands with its mouth wide. Its nose is slightly worn due to passerby rubbing it. A plaque is placed on the base: :Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts. :George & Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort in :the river shallows from the porch of their beloved Mount Vernon on summer evenings. :Credited with enhancing the fertility of the plantation, the Washingtons believed :the hippopatamus brought them good luck & children on the estate often attempted :to lure the creatures close enough to the shore to touch a nose for good luck. :So, too, may generations of students of the George Washington University. :Art for wisdom, :Science for joy, :Politics for beauty, :And a Hippo for hope. :The George Washington University Class of 2000 :August 28, 1996 ==See also== * List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「River Horse (sculpture)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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