Drawing
Pencil and Ink drawing of an assortment of six fountains and two sculptural pilasters. The two fountains in the top left corner are situated on top of a stone wall. The furthest left is a sculpture of a human figure with water spouting from it into a circular basin. The other is a sculpture of a merman with water spouting through a conch shell at its mouth into a circular scalloped-edged basin below him. The fountain below these, in the lower left corner, is composed of a sculpture of a horse set on a large rectangular plinth. Water spouts from the horse's mouth into a basin set on the shoulders of a merman sculpture below. A front view of the same horse and merman fountain is included to the right. The top right corner of the drawing consists of two details of sculptural wall pilasters. Each are decorated with a horse's head surrounded by swirling sculptural detail. A final fountain is included in the lower right corner of the drawing. It is composed of a large lower basin with sculptures of a horse and a dolphin within. Several vertical water jets flow from a smaller basin that rests upon the two central sculptures.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Pencil and ink, drawing of an assortment of fountains and wall pilasters. |
| Physical description | Pencil and Ink drawing of an assortment of six fountains and two sculptural pilasters. The two fountains in the top left corner are situated on top of a stone wall. The furthest left is a sculpture of a human figure with water spouting from it into a circular basin. The other is a sculpture of a merman with water spouting through a conch shell at its mouth into a circular scalloped-edged basin below him. The fountain below these, in the lower left corner, is composed of a sculpture of a horse set on a large rectangular plinth. Water spouts from the horse's mouth into a basin set on the shoulders of a merman sculpture below. A front view of the same horse and merman fountain is included to the right. The top right corner of the drawing consists of two details of sculptural wall pilasters. Each are decorated with a horse's head surrounded by swirling sculptural detail. A final fountain is included in the lower right corner of the drawing. It is composed of a large lower basin with sculptures of a horse and a dolphin within. Several vertical water jets flow from a smaller basin that rests upon the two central sculptures. |
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| Object history | This object was once part of an album of designs by various architects, artists and designers collected by the architect Charles James Richardson, and was bought from him by the Museum in 1863. |
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| Accession number | 3436:386 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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