About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0223
  • Title[Base of fountain at Pratt Institute]
  • SummaryElaborately carved base of fountain showing Venus, Poseidon, and other mythological figures on circumference. Label on verso: "The Italian Renaissance well-curb in the Institute's courtyard, cut from a single block of marble, came via Duveen Brothers' London agent, from an old palazzo near Milan, Italy, and was installed in 1900."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorPratt Institute [photographer]
  • SubjectPratt Institute ; Fountains, Renaissance
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Adult: Pratt Institute: Buildings: General