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Fountain of Love

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Fountain of Love

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Fountain of Love

Name: Fountain of Love
Rating: 2

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Location: Hedsor, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Cliveden Reach, River Thames – Cliveden House and Gardens loop from Hedsor

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2. Cliveden Reach, River Thames – Cliveden House and Gardens loop from Taplow

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3. The Water Garden at Cliveden – Cliveden Clock Tower loop from Taplow

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Edvard

June 12, 2018

The Fountain of Love is a two colour marble sculpture by Thomas Waldo Story. It was commissioned by Lord Astor in 1897. The shell dish features three groups of statues which are all signed and dated by the sculptor. The shell was made from two large antique marble blocks joined together and based on tufa rock.
Carrara marble figure of a half-fallen woman with very long wavy hair, arms outstretched to welcome cupid. Left figure from the monumental, two-colour marble group, The Fountain of Love, designed and carved in Rome by Thomas Waldo Story (1855-1915) son and pupil of the American dilettante sculptor William Wetmore Story (1819-95). The figures are signed and dated 'Waldo Story Roma 1897'.
nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/766173.1

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Elevation 130 m

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Location: Hedsor, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Fountain of Love

1. Cliveden Reach, River Thames – Cliveden House and Gardens loop from Hedsor

2. Cliveden Reach, River Thames – Cliveden House and Gardens loop from Taplow

3. The Water Garden at Cliveden – Cliveden Clock Tower loop from Taplow

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