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Designs for Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Derbyshire: plan and frontal perspective view of the fountain in the garden featuring manneken-pis sculptures and a central pedestal incorporating lion's head masks

RIBA Ref No RIBA29189
Architect/DesignerSmythson, John (d. 1634)
Artist/PhotographerSmythson, John (d. 1634)
CountryUK: England
CityBolsover
Subject Date1610
Image Date1610
ViewPlan
StyleJacobean
MediumDrawing
Library ReferenceSD207/SMY/III/1(9)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectCountry houses ; Castles ; Fountains ; Disappear Here
NOTES: This design is not exactly as carried out. The existing fountain, called the Venus Fountain, must date between 1618, when Sir William Cavendish became the first Earl of Devonshire, and his death in 1626 as the fountain bears the Earl's arms.
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