Rashleigh fountain
E8, Kingsland Road
The date and the rather crudely carved tulip-like outline are on a separate piece of granite, and the Honble. Mrs Rashleigh had been dead...
2 subjects commemorated
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Wanstead
E11, Cambridge Park, George Green
The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, translates it as "In h...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Great Eastern Street fountain
EC2, Paul Street
Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the form of an orb. Surrounded by eight pink granite bollards. Th...
2 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain - jubilee
EC3, Royal Exchange Buildings
{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and going clockwise:} To commemorate the jubilee of The Metropolit...
2 subjects commemorated,
6 creators
Frederic David Mocatta fountain
EC3, Aldgate High Street, St Botolph's Aldgate
Unusually the brass drinking cup on a chain is still attached.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Law Baker fountain
WC2, Duncannon Street, behind St. Martin-in-the-fields
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
1 subject commemorated
Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - SE1
SE1, Blackfriars Road, Christ Church
The Christ Church fountain is one of several drinking fountains that Edwards funded through the Metropolitan Drinking fountain and Cattle...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Victoria's trough
EC2, Finsbury Square
The "C F K" is extremely difficult to decipher, we read it more with our fingers than our eyes.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Smiths' water trough
EC2, Finsbury Square
The sons erect the splendid water fountain and the daughters erect the utilitarian water trough. Does this tell us something about their ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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