Design for a drinking fountain, Bridgetown, Barbados, for John Montefiore: elevation
Architect/Designer | Bentley, John Francis (1839-1902) |
Country | Barbados |
City | Bridgetown |
Subject Date | 1865 |
Image Date | 1864 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | PB349/7 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fountains ; Cast iron |
NOTES: The Montefiore Fountain, a cast iron drinking fountain, was presented by John Montefiore in memory of his father, John Castello Montefiore, a Bridgetown merchant who had died of cholera in 1864.Opened to the public in November 1865, the fountain was first located at Beckwith Place, Lower Broad Street; it was moved to Coleridge Street in 1940 (and is no longer attached to the water supply).
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