Garden Fountains 
A FOUNTAIN BY COUNTESS FEODORA GEETCHEN 
On the Estate of IValter Palmer , Esq ., at Frognal , England 
A FOUNTAIN BY ROBERT COLTON 
In Hyde Park , London 
making a background for statues or uplifted 
basin, help the general effect instead of 
hindering it as does unsuitable architecture. 
At Herrenhausen, one single jet is thrown 
up to a height of two hundred feet, and here 
again the surroundings increase the effect 
instead of decreasing it. 
In England, where the charming old- 
world gardens and historic parks form such 
a suitable setting for fountains, a good deal 
of really interesting work is being done. 
Within the limits 
of a short article 
I have no wish to 
attempt to give a 
fu 11 account of 
such enterprises, 
but simply to give 
some specimens of 
really important 
work by promi¬ 
nent artists. 
A glance at the 
illustrations will 
show the foun¬ 
tains at Welbeck 
Abbey executed 
for the Duke of 
Portland by Pro¬ 
fessor Legros,masterly both in conception and 
execution. The materials used are Portland 
stone and granite. The high fountain sur¬ 
mounted by a cupid astride a dolphin is 
extraordinarily fine in proportion, and the 
cupids seated on the rim of the lower basin are 
very charmingly conceived. Just beneath the 
upper basin are four masks, from which water 
spouts forth, the beauty of which cannot be 
very well appreciated in a view of the foun¬ 
tain as a whole. It is repeated on a second 
fountain and is 
better seen in the 
illustration on 
page 154. The 
seats which stand 
on either side of 
this fountain, and 
of which we give 
a larger illustra¬ 
tion, are by 
CountessFeodora 
Gleichen and are 
included in this 
article as forming 
part of the design 
for decorating the 
space around the 
fountain. I he 
ONE OF THE FOUNTAIN SEATS AT WELBECK 
By Countess Feodora Gleichen 
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