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Title
George Sparkes Memorial Drinking Fountain
Date
1881
Medium
granite, glass, copper & iron
Accession number
SW3_JR_S049
Acquisition method
commissioned by Mrs E. Dowling, the widow of George Sparkes
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Owner
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Custodian
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
April 1881
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plinth north: IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE / GEORGE SPARKES / OF BROMLEY IN KENT FORMERLY JUDGE AT MADRAS / A GREAT AND GOOD MAN / GIFTED WITH EVERY REFINED FEELING / AND MUCH ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM / DIED 30 JANUARY 1878 / IN HIS 68TH YEAR / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW / AD 1880; plinth south: Latin translation of the above; inscription plaque: THE RESTORATION OF THIS FOUNTAIN / WAS UNDERTAKEN BY TRANSPORT FOR LONDON / AND THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA. / THE COMPLETION OF THE WORKS WAS MARKED / IN A CEREMONY LED BY THE WORSHIPFUL THE / MAYOR OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH, COUNCILLOR / ROBERT FREEMAN ON 18TH MAY 2016
