Project for a Fountain in a Park
date: label: Date
content: 1775–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A tall column crowned by an allegorical figure (Astronomy?). At its base, upon rocky stones sit two figures (Hephaestus and Venus?). Along the edge of the fountain are four pedestals with figures of women holding cornucopias, the one at left inscribed with POM[ona]. In the foreground at right, a clergyman, a lady, a gentleman converse in front of the fountain.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-373
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 44 x 33.3 cm (17 5/16 x 13 1/8 in.)