View of the Mermaid Fountain located in Blenheim Palace's East Formal Garden

Date:: 1890 - 1907

Location:: Blenheim Palace, Italian Garden, Mermaid Fountain, Woodstock, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire

Reference:: OP28710

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

The Fountain is dated from circa 1900 to 1910, by Waldo Storey. It is made from marble, with gilt bronze figures. The winged mermaids and dolphins support the quatre foil-shaped bowl. In the centre there is a woman holding a gilt crown. The fountain forms the centrepiece of the East Formal Gardens in Blenheim Palace.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

Date received: 20 October 1952

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Day, William James

Keywords

Human Figure, Early 20th Century Ornamental Fountain