The Fountain, Durdham Downs

The Fountain, Durdham Downs

MS 3792/B0241

View of the Gothic-revival fountain in a park somewhere on the Durdham Downs near Bristol, England. The foreground shows an expanse of barren, dusty roadway, in chich a cherry tree can be seen growing near the left margin of the image. Beyond the roadway, in the right background, stands an elaborate Gothic-revival drinking fountain, designed almost in the shape of a huge reliquary or shrine. This is encircled by a narrow pathway lined by benches and a wooden fence. Two young girls can be seen leaning on the fence, bearing tennis racquets in their hands. Beyond the fountain and the girls, a verdant landscape of rich grass and dense woodland stretches off into the distance. Taken in early summer.

George Washington Wilson & Co

Archibald J.B. Strachan

A photograph with this title is listed as 2845 on p. 70 of the 1896 England catalogue.

1 glass plate negative 'B' series plates (Bxxxx) are 12" by 8" (30cm by 20cm) in size

Gloucesteshire, England