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
Author or creator
Unknown
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/B/835
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