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Designs for Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Derbyshire: elevation of the central pedestal of the garden fountain showing one of the lion's head masks

RIBA Ref No RIBA29190
Architect/DesignerSmythson, John (d. 1634)
Artist/PhotographerSmythson, John (d. 1634)
CountryUK: England
CityBolsover
Subject Date1610
Image Date1610
ViewExterior
StyleJacobean
MediumDrawing
Library ReferenceSE53/SMY/III/1(11)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectCountry houses ; Castles ; Fountains
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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