Fountain Gallery

A Meet of the New Forest Buck-Hounds at Fountain Court, Broo

Members of the New Forest Buck-hounds meet at Fountain Court, the hunters and dogs at the ready. Those present include Constance, Duchess of Westminster, Lady Mary Grosvenor, Harry, Fry, Sir George Thursby, Bob Fry, Brock, Mr and Mrs Lechie, Willie, Fry, Mr Hew Dalrymple, General Cowie, Mr Harry Knight, Mr Pearson and Lord Normanton

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Manneken Pis Postcard Album - Nun and Children

Embarrased nun: "Look to the left my children". The nun leads a group of schoolgirls (one snubbing her nose), holding an umbrella to shield their innocent eyes from the little boy statue. Manneken Pis (Dutch for little pee man'), also known in French as the petit Julien, is a very famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. This fold-out postcard album contains humourous sketches relating to the statue and individuals reactions on viewing it!

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey

Children and nurses enjoy playing with toys in an airing court at the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London). The hospital was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. In 1911, it was redesignated as a mental hospital for severely subnormal children

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

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