Sujet

The Buxton Drinking Fountain, Westminster, London, c1870 (1878). Artist: Unknown.

Légende

The Buxton Drinking Fountain, Westminster, London, c1870 (1878). The Buxton Memorial Fountain is a memorial and drinking fountain in Victoria Gardens, Westminster, that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834. It was designed by Charles Buxton MP (1823-1871) and Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812-1873) in neo-Gothic style in 1865 and was dedicated to Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845), Buxton's father, who was one of the leading British proponents of the abolition of slavery. From Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV, by Edward Walford. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1878]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C78_491

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

110,5Mo (5,9Mo) / 44,9cm x 61,7cm / 5298 x 7293 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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