The fountain of life. Oil painting.

Two views showing the new Rachitici institute and the surrounding woodland area of San Michele, Bologna, Italy. Wood engraving after a photograph by A. Belvederi, 1896.

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.

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

1 print : etching with engraving ; platemark 11.4 x 18.9 cm

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

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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 referencing 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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