Dating from the late seventeenth century, it depicts four figures representing the rivers Nile, Ganges, Plata and Danube or Tiber surrounding an obelisk. It was given to the Duke of Marlborough in 1710 by the Spanish ambassador to the Papal court.

Date:
1909
Location:
Blenheim Palace, Bernini Fountain, Woodstock, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC50/00575
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Birks, Moira

Keywords

Obelisk, Stuart Fountain