Fountain
Water pours over the edge of a basin into a lower one. In the center rises a circular pedestal with bowls, into which water is poured by - visible - three merman blowing their horns. On top is a female statue. Colored background.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
c. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
1938-88-1767
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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