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The fountain of life. Oil painting.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: the fountain in the centre of the courtyard with a small boy looking at it, in the background the gateway to Smithfield. Photograph.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: a corner of the Gibbs courtyard with many trees and the fountain in the centre. Etching by Lillian C. Smythe.

A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.

The Lichtenstein Palace and gardens, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: with the Spanish Hospital and Notre Dame de la Mercy Church in the background. Coloured line engraving.

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England. Line engraving by W. Morton, ca. 1853/1857.

Bibliothèque Royale, Paris: the courtyard. Line engraving by Letitia Byrne after T.T. Bury, ca. 1830.

Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.

Val-de-Grâce, Paris: nuns walking in the gardens of the convent. Coloured line engraving.

Ilkley Wells, Ilkley, Yorkshire. Steel engraving by W. Wallis.

Jews' Hospital, Lower Norwood. Wood engraving by Walmsley, 1862, after G.W. Smith after Tillott and Chamberlain.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Etching.

Bagnigge Wells, London: two alluring, fashionably-dressed women, one plucking rosebuds. Mezzotint, 1780.

Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.

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Fountains

Images from the collections

Images about Fountains

Works from the collections

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Etching.

Bagnigge Wells, London: two alluring, fashionably-dressed women, one plucking rosebuds. Mezzotint, 1780.

Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.

Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.

Fountains

Images from the collections

Images about Fountains

Works from the collections

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Etching.

Bagnigge Wells, London: two alluring, fashionably-dressed women, one plucking rosebuds. Mezzotint, 1780.

Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.

Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.

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