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February 9, 2017 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

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The Dartford Mermaid

You will find the Dartford Mermaid in a small lake near the River Thames in Dartford, England. It was created in 2009-2011 by sculptor William Jordan, and is made almost entirely of recycled materials. The mermaid is about 9 meters (29′) tall, and she measures about 14 meters (46′) from head to tail. Jordan used […]

Bridgeport Mermaid by Gutzon Borglum

Nathaniel Wheeler’s Bridgeport mermaid sculpture was created in 1912 by famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum (the creator of the Mount Rushmore memorial). It is interesting that he finished this mermaid sculpture the year before Edvard Eriksen created the famous Danish statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. Nathaniel Wheeler was a prominent industrialist in Bridgeport, and was very active in […]

Guanabara Mitológica mermaid in Brazil

The Guanabara Mitológica sculpture is a very contemporary mermaid sculpture at the top of Pão de Açucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay. She is part of the large installation at the top of this mountain, which has multiple levels of viewing platforms overlook Rio de Janeiro from about 1280′ elevation. Guanabara Mitológica was created […]

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