The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . t consisted of the new casting of theornamental boys or cupids, and the mending and gilding ofthe whole fountain, including the figure of Diana at thetop, and the four nymphs, and four boys with dolphins intheir hands, and four large shells. ^ The fountain wasformerly, as we have mentioned above, in the Privy Garden,and is seen in Sutton Nicholls view of the South Front,on page 44. The whole work, including the working andcarving of the pedestal of stone on which the marble fountainstands, with its pilasters, basons, fluted scrowls, frost wo
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . t consisted of the new casting of theornamental boys or cupids, and the mending and gilding ofthe whole fountain, including the figure of Diana at thetop, and the four nymphs, and four boys with dolphins intheir hands, and four large shells. ^ The fountain wasformerly, as we have mentioned above, in the Privy Garden,and is seen in Sutton Nicholls view of the South Front,on page 44. The whole work, including the working andcarving of the pedestal of stone on which the marble fountainstands, with its pilasters, basons, fluted scrowls, frost work, Treasury Papers, vol. clxxxii., No. i8. 200 History of Hampton Court Palace. [1714 rustick work, water leaves, and the raising and fixing ofthe whole fountain and its figures and ornaments, amountedto ^1,300 \\s, I\\d. Another work, which was undertaken in the beginning ofthe last year of Queen Annes reign, was the making ofa figure hedge-work, of very large evergreen plants in theWilderness, to face the iron gates that are to be placed to take. The Lion Gates. the middle line of the great avenue that runs throughBushey Park ^—a work which indicates that the idea ofever making the grand north entrance to the Palace, as pro-jected by Sir Christopher Wren, had, by this time, been finallyabandoned. The gates referred to are the Lion Gates,of which we here annex a sketch, and the stone piers of Treasury Papers^ vol. clxxix., No. 35. 1714] The Lion Gates. 201 which bear the initials of Queen Anne—A. R. piers had probably been erected earlier in theQueens reign ; and very magnificent gates of wrought iron,to be designed by Tijou, were intended to have been put upthere between them, doubtless commensurate in height andsize. We learn this from the editor of the second edition ofDefoes Tour through Great Britain, ^ who remarks:How it came to be left unfinished, and the pitiful lowgates, which by no means correspond with the pillars, put inthe place, I could never l
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