Artemis Fountain - Rose Garden, Hyde Park, London, UK
N 51° 30.224 W 000° 09.314
30U E 697428 N 5709681
This fountain is located in the Rose Garden in Hyde Park. The Rose Garden is in the south east corner of the park, near Hyde Park Corner, with the fountain at its centre.
Waymark Code: WMHT2Q
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/11/2013
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The
Garden Visit website tells us about fountain and sculptor:
The latest addition to Hyde Park is the fountain presented
by Sir Walter Palmer and put up near the end of the "Row" in 1906. The sculpture
and design are the work of Countess Feodore Gleichen. The graceful figure of
Artemis, with bow and arrow, and the supporting cariatides, are of bronze, the
upper basin of Saravezza marble, and the lower of Tecovertino stone. The whole
is most light and elegant, and shows up well against the dark trees. [The
Artemis Fountain was designed by Lady Feodora Gleichen (1861-1922), in bronze,
in 1906] [Lady Feodora Georgina Maud Gleichen (20 December 1861 - 22 February
1922) was a British sculptress. Born Countess Feodora Georgina Maud von Gleichen,
she was the eldest daughter of Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (a naval
officer and sculptor and half-nephew of Queen Victoria) and his wife, Laura. In
1889, she and her two sisters, Valda and Helena, were bridesmaids to Princess
Louise and the Earl of Fife. Gleichen studied art in her father's studio and
later with Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art. She completed her studies
in Rome in 1891 and regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892. A
bas-relief and hand-mirror in jade and bronze won her a bronze medal at the
Exposition Universelle in 1900.