Library — 1872
The fountain - Broad Sanctuary
An illustration from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré,1872. Jerrold writes of the scene: ' Coming from the Abbey, in a shower, and making for St. James's Park for a cigar, we were amused one morning with a general scamper under the florid drinking fountain: a bit of modern Christianity - pure as the fountain, at which the foot-sore wanderer is bidden to slake his thirst. The stolidity of the policeman in the storm was excellent'.
The illustration shows the Buxton Memorial Fountain erected in 1865 to the memory of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) MP, philanthropist and anti-slavery campaigner.
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- NN23607(94)
- Object name:
- The fountain - Broad Sanctuary
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- Artist/Maker:
- Doré, Gustave, Pannemaker, François
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- Production date:
- 1872
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 129 mm, W 97 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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