MYSTERY PHOTO: A bust of whom?

Here’s a South Carolina-related bust.  Look familiar? Who and where is it? Send your best guess to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our March 6 image, “Light and reflections,” was a snapshot offered by Alaska reader Thomas Jacobsen of the Muses pool during the Night of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens.

Congratulations to alert sleuths who recognized the scene or figured it out using Internet tools:  Barry Wingard and Melinda J. Lott, both of Florence; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Gwen Strickland of Marion; Ronna Toombs of Summerville; Susan James, Daniel Brennan and Jay Altman, all of Columbia; Debbie Causey of North Myrtle Beach; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; George Ulrich of Horry County; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and Daniel Prohaska of Moncks Corner.

Peel provided lots of context: “Today’s mystery photo was taken during one of the annual ‘Nights of a Thousand Candles’  holiday season lighting events in Brookgreen Gardens, near Myrtle Beach, SC. The holiday lights are framing the ‘Fountain of Muses’ bronze sculpture group and fountain, originally created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

“Each year, the ‘Nights of a Thousand Candles’ event transforms Brookgreen Gardens into a magical, wintry paradise. Each weekend at dusk in December, visitors can stroll amid the soft glow of more than 5,500 hand-lit candles, countless sparkling lights, and mesmerizing, lighted displays of gardens and fountains.

“Voted one of the top 10 ‘Best Public Gardens’ in the U.S. by TripAdvisor, Brookgreen Gardens is home to beautiful gardens, historical sites, world-renowned art collections, and native animals in their own, on-site zoo. A little known fact is that Brookgreen Gardens has largest outdoor display of American sculptures in the world.

“The group of bronze sculptures and fountains depicted in the mystery photo was originally created from clay moldings by Carl Milles (1875-1955) between 1949 and 1954. The sculptures were completed in 1955 and installed in the cafeteria of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City shortly after Milles death (click here for a 1955 photo of this installation at the Metropolitan Museum). It was then moved to its current home at Brookgreen Gardens in 1982.”

• Send us a mystery:  If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!)  Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission.  Thanks.