Brighton. - South Steine Gardens, showing Victoria Fountain, on of the most handsome of its kind in the Kingdom, erected in 1846, by public subscription
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Title
Brighton. - South Steine Gardens, showing Victoria Fountain, on of the most handsome of its kind in the Kingdom, erected in 1846, by public subscription
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/B/835
Author or creator
Unknown
Date
c.1906
Scope & content
Coloured postcard showing a view of the fountain in the Old Steine Gardens, Brighton. 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