The Buxton Drinking Fountain, Westminster, London, c1870 (1878). Artist: Unknown.
The Buxton Drinking Fountain, Westminster, London, c1870 (1878). The Buxton Memorial Fountain is a memorial and drinking fountain in Victoria Gardens, Westminster, that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834. It was designed by Charles Buxton MP (1823-1871) and Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812-1873) in neo-Gothic style in 1865 and was dedicated to Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845), Buxton's father, who was one of the leading British proponents of the abolition of slavery. From Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV, by Edward Walford. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1878]
Size: 5298px × 7293px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London,City of Westminster,Westminster
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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