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Title
Colville Memorial Fountain
Date
1889
Medium
stone & granite
Measurements
H 210 x W 110 x D 60 cm
Accession number
NE2_SD_S005
Acquisition method
commissioned by Miss Caroline Sophia Russell Colvill
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Owner
Newcastle City Council
Custodian
Newcastle City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
22th August 1889
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on tablet above trough: THIS / FOUNTAIN / WAS PRESENTED TO THE / CITY OF NEWCASTLE / BY MISS CAROLINE / SOHIA / RUSSELL COLVILLE / IN LOVING REMEMBERENCE OF / HER BROTHER THE LATE / EDWIN DODD COLVILLE / WHO WAS FOR UPWARD […] / […] YEARS WELL AND HONOURABLY / [...]OWN IN NEWCASTLE / MAYOR / [...] MAYOR / W. D. STEPHENS, ESQ. / 1888 / IN AS MUCH AS YE DID IT UNTO / ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN / YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME MATT XXV 40