
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.