Brighton. - Pavilion Grounds, showing Statue in Sicilian Marble of Sir John Cordy Burrows, three times Mayor of Brighton
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Title
Brighton. - Pavilion Grounds, showing Statue in Sicilian Marble of Sir John Cordy Burrows, three times Mayor of Brighton
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/B/785
Author or creator
Unknown
Date
15 Jan 1905
Scope & content
Coloured postcard showing the statue of Cordy Burrows in the Old Steine Gardens, Brighton. Ink: [personal message] [address in Uckfield supplied]. The Old Steine was originally a green space used by fishermen; it was for a period considered as part of the Brighton Pavilion grounds; the Victoria Fountain was installed in 1846 in the southern portion of the gardens, designed by Amon Wilds with sculpted dolphins by William Pepper; the statue of Sir John Cordy Burrows, by Edward Bowring Stephens, was unveiled in 1878