Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 124
reat fountain, in its presentstate perhaps the most beautiful feature in all these Frascati villas. Twopictures are devoted to this fountain, but it is on so large a scale thatportions only of it can be satisfactorily shown. Its total width is about thirty-five yards, and it may roughly bedescribed… … the numerous piers carries a fountain-mask, in carving which the artisthas shown endless invention, and above each pier shallow moulded foun-tain basins are provided. The centre-piece is a six-foot basin raised upon a foundation of rock-work, which appears to be of much later date than its…
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