The Victoria or Burdett-Coutts Memorial Drinking-Fountain, London

The Victoria or Burdett-Coutts Memorial Drinking-Fountain

H. A. Darbishire

1862

Victoria Park

Tower Hamlets, East London

This pink marble, granite and stone drinking-fountain, with its distinctive cupola, ornamental slate roof, four clock-faces, Gothic arches, sculpted cherubs and inscriptions, was the gift of the wealthy philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts to the people who visited Victoria Park in the East End of London.