FOUNTAINS. 



FOUNTAINS 



InIus Classical Tour, 

 Eustace slates, if our 

 memory does not de- 

 ceive us, that Rome 

 liad fifty-two rivers 

 flowing tlirough lier 

 proud streets in tlie 

 period of her great- 

 est prosperity, sup- 

 plying fountains of 

 every variety and 

 model, and dispens- 

 ing health. Many 

 of these rivers must 

 have been small, as 

 little as what we call 

 creeks, but the evi- 

 dences of the fond- 

 ness of her people 

 for pure water are 

 still extant in her 

 broken aqueducts, 

 or those which now 

 supply the gushing 

 streams still more 

 numerous than in 

 any other city. 



The beautiful cus- 

 tom of erecting or- 

 namental fountains 

 has extended of late 

 years among our- 

 selves, and we give 

 an illustration of one 

 made in this city, of 

 cast iron, by Mr. Ro- 

 bert AVood, Fig. 1. 



Porcelain Foun- 

 tain. — We have here- 

 tofore alluded to the 

 importance to Art of 

 the introduction of 

 Parian into com- 

 mon use. Messrs. 

 Copcland have made 

 many lovers of sta- 

 tuary by their com- 

 paratively cheap sta- 

 tuettes now found 

 in every house ; and 

 several others are 



