Fountain Collection

Portrait of a Couple, c. 1622, by Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666)
Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666). Dutch painter. Portrait of a Couple, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c. 1622. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Aerial view of Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1909

Front Façade of the Dorchester Hotel, 1953

Dunville Park and Royal Victoria Hospital, Falls Rd. Belfast - a view of a lot of children in the park beside a fountain, there is a park cleaner in centre frame

Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937

Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1910

St Bartholomews Hospital courtyard, London, with patients resting in the open air. Date: circa 1910s

Swan Fountain Pens 1932
A selection of Swan pens for you to give your friends at Christmas, knowing that the pleasing hues give added charm to fine craftsmanship

Empress Theodora. Basilica of Saint Vitale. Italy
Empress Theodora I (500-548) with a court of ladies. Mosaic. 6th century. Basilica of Saint Vitale. Ravenna. Italy

Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, London
Londons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912

The Fountain, Wilton, Wiltshire - Inauguration ceremony. The large circular water trough and fountain sit beside the A30, now just inside the River Wylye recreation field

Fountain and statue of Diana - Mexico City
Beautiful photographic postcard depiction of the Fountain (with statue of Diana, the Huntress) at the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico (later moved to Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico)

Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905

Fountain Gardens, Paisley, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
View of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy

Manneken Pis Postcard Album - A Duel
A duel - three street urchins help their friend to mimic the statue! Manneken Pis (Dutch for little pee man ), also known in French as the petit Julien, is a very famous Brussels landmark

Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby
The Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby, with a fountain (left) and a statue of Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), the English engineer and automobile manufacturer

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

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Chatsworth House C18Th
Chatsworth House & its extensive, landscaped grounds in the middle of the 18th century. Avenues of trees, walled gardens, waterworks & fountain are depicted

Piccadilly / Eros 1950S
The famous statue of Eros in the middle of Piccadilly Circus

Odin Drinks at Mimir
Odin (Wodan), Scandinavian supreme god of the dead etc acquires his wisdom by drinking at the fountain of Mimir

Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Attwells Memorial Fountain - Caversham Road, Reading, Berkshire. The drinking fountain is in memory of Frank Attwells, who was mayor of Reading in 1892 and died during his year of office

Leicester - Municipal Buildings - Architect: Frederick Roper Date: 1907

Capitol Building, Havana, Cuba
The Capitol Building seen from the India Fountain, Havana, Cuba Date: circa 1940s

Nile village, Great Pyramid, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph - village and camels along the banks for the River Nile, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photograph by the Zangaki studio, c.1890 s

Spain and Portugal - Leiria Fountain - Fountain foreground - Bullock cart with barrel, people around fountain - houses in background. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain

San Luis Potosi - Mexico - Public water fountain
San Luis Potosi - Mexico. A very fine decorative public water fountain

Pantheon and Fountain, Rome, Italy
View of the entrance to the Pantheon, with a fountain in the piazza in front

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

Magician performing the cup and balls trick
Undated illustration, coloured, of a magician performing the cup and balls trick to a gathered audience, entitled " Tableaux de Paris: L Escamoteur, sur le boulevard

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 Aldgate Pump, London. A group of young lads and cheeky street types surround the venerable pump. To the left of the pump is a hand-crank Fire Call Post - signed/marked on the lampost as Fire Alarm

Southampton Civic Centre
The magnificent Civic Centre building, Southampton, Hampshire, the first civic centre in Britain. Designed by E. Berry Webber. Foundation stone was laid in 1930

Public Water Fountain - Bosnia - Banjaluka
Banjaluka, Bosnia Herzegovina - a public water fountain used for washing prior to a visit to the Mosque

Union Workhouse, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
The Union workhouse erected in 1849-50 at Chamber Hills, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, on what is now Fountain Street. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Advertisement for Geneva, Switzerland. circa 1960

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

The Elements (Water), by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - The Sprudel at the Spa
Karlovy Vary or Carlsbad (Karlsbad), in western Bohemia, Czech Republic - The Sprudel (Mineral Hot Water Spring Fountain or Geyser) and Spa Attendants in their waterproof uniforms! Date: circa 1911

Court of Maison Lisbona in Damascus, Syria. The house belonged to the wealthy Lisbona family and later housed the Jewish Maimonides school. Date: circa 1905

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and Red Queen
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Red Queen at the croquet game. Date: early 20th century

State Insane Asylum, Austin, Texas, USA
View of the State Insane Asylum (now the Austin State Hospital), Austin, Texas, USA. It is the oldest psychiatric hospital in Texas. Date: circa 1905

A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940

Barcelona. The old waterfront of the city, with

Town Hall and Fountain, Amberg, Germany
View of the gothic style Town Hall and Wedding Fountain in the town of Amberg, Bavaria, Germany

Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children in cots and nurses in a ward of 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

Ornamental fountain Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, Spain
Ornamental fountain and falls in the Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1930s

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Fountain Square Date: 1929

Abraham Lincoln Statue, Westminster, London
Statue of US President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Parliament Square, Westminster

Fountain Square and Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Fountain Square and Carew Tower at night, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson
Scene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song

The Castle & Ross Fountain, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 1920s

Stockholm - Central Railway Station
Stockholm, Sweden - Main Central Railway Station. Inside the Terminus. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for Parker Duofold pens
Parker Duofold fountain pen and pencil in a case " give all your friends the best gift this year" Date: 1926

CRYSTAL PALACE INTERIOR 1851
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace: interior of the transept, looking north, with the Osler fountain and elm tree enclosed within the structure Date: 1851

The Grand Waterfall ( La Grande Cascade ) - The Park, Saint-Cloud, western suburbs of Paris, France. Date: circa 1909

Tabithas Well, Jaffa, Israel
Tabithas Well (Sabil Abu Nabbut), a public fountain in Jaffa, Israel, constructed during the Ottoman era in Palestine

Crystal Fountain and Big Clock, Crystal Palace, South London
View of the Crystal Fountain and Big Clock (made by Dent of the Strand) in the Crystal Palace, South London. Date: circa 1930s

Italy - Messina, Sicily - Statue of Neptune
Italy - Messina, Sicily - Fountain of Poseidon (Neptune). The Fountain faces toward the harbour and was built by Montorsoli in 1557

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden
View of Drottningholm Palace and part of the Park, in Stockholm County, Uppland, Sweden, with a fountain in the foreground

Fountain Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
The Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London) was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Odin Seeks Wisdom
Odin/Wotan seeks the wisdom of the ages from Mimir, an old giant who guards the sacred fountain of knowledge

Crystal Palace 1851
The south transept, with a fountain in the foreground and showing how the exhibition was built around living trees

Mystic Fountain
Though here depicted allegorically, this relates to the phiales placed at the entrance to ancient churches, so churchgoers could anoint themselves with sacred water

Lottas Fountain, San Francisco, California, USA, at the intersection of Market, Geary and Kearney Streets. Date: circa 1930

The output of the Duke of Choiseul (1719-1785) of St. Peter
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. The output of the Duke of Choiseul (1719-1785) of St. Peters Square in Rome, 1754. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Rome / Vatican / Gardens
The Sunken Gardens at the Vatican with the dome of St Peters looming behind. Date: 1918

The Fountains at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London
The Fountains on the terrace at The Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London Date: 1908

Langcliffe Village, near Settle, North Yorkshire

Empire Exhibition Scotland - North Cascade and Tower
The North Cascade and Tait Tower at the Empire Exhibition held at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Music cover, Forest Fantasies, nine miniatures for piano by Walter Carroll. 1916

Chocolate box design, 18th century scenes
Chocolate box design, featuring various 18th century scenes, with people boating, on a swing, playing blind mans buff, and playing the guitar. Date: 20th century

Southcliff Gardens and Shelter, Felixstowe - " this is very pretty place, you ought to see it" ! Date: 1905

Fountain of the Three Graces, Montpelier, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tivoli Gardens - Concert Hall Illuminations
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark - Concert Hall. The Illuminations

Trafalgar Square Fountain, London, 1845
Engraving showing one of the fountains of Trafalgar Square, London, with (top left and right) a sectional view of the wells under the square, which were dug to supply the fountains

Macneice / Louis / Morgan
FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE Irish poet and playwright

Battersea Gardens 1950S
The Grand Vista at the pleasure gardens

Byron / Newstead Abbey
NEWSTEAD ABBEY Nottinghamshire home of Byron, aristocrat and poet

Buses at Trafalgar Squ
Four Routemaster London buses in a queue on the National Gallery side of Trafalgar Square, with the South African embassy in the background

Granada, Andalusia, Spain. The Alhambra. Comares Palace. Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Engraving. Glorias Espanolas (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Deolali (Devlali), Nashik district, Maharashtra, India - The Godavari River. Date: circa 1910s

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