Chatsworth3: The Willow Tree Fountain by sandra46
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Description
The Willow Tree Fountain is an imitation tree which squirts water on the unsuspecting from its branches. The willow tree fountain, created in 1693, reflected the European taste for ingenius "joke" fountains that suddenly drenched unsuspecting visitors who had paused to admire its life like qualities. According to Chatsworth accounts, a designer was paid 60 pounds for an artificial tree of brass for a fountain at Chatsworth. In 1826 the willow tree fountain had long fallen into disrepair, so head gardener Paxton arranged for a new one. It was composed of 8,000 pieces of copper and brass and had 800 jets of water hidden in the branches and leaves. Paxton erected the fountain, not in the original location in the center of the ring pond, but in a partially concealed glade fashioned from Paxton's new naturalistic rock garden. It was to be an artificial element in the middle of the artfully arranged natural landscape. A new reservoir was dug on top of the hill to supply water to the fountain, which was later dubbed a squirting tree by the delighted young Princess Victoria, who was to become Queen of England in 1837. The joke element did not fade with time. The tree has been replaced twice and was restored in 1983.
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Comments (31)
I love the rock garden and they definitely had some sense of humor back in the days ;) Beautiful collage and background info Sandra!
Sandra this is so wonderful and I'm so thrilled you shared it with us. I honestly haver never seen it before so this is such a thrill
Great and very intricate story !!!Splendid flowers around...with such water !!! EXCELLENT comment and views !!!
wonderful park!!! Great photos!
PERFECTAS, ME ENCANTAN ESTOS COLLAGES MANUALES, UN DIA DE ESTOS TE LOS COPIO. JE JE. PERFECTA.
Fantastic composition. Excellent collage!!
Beautiful green and water. excellent collage!!
I love it. 5+.
it's a very green garden !
feels very refreshing just looking at you shots, and the tree fountain is a cool idea, nice collage and photos.
look like a wonderful place
Wonderful!
I am grateful to you for such wonderful informations. Because we cannot simply search on to google like "ahh, where is whillow tree fountain", unless we have heard about them. That was very interesting.
I totally love your story and the photo gives proof of its genius. How beautiful it is and what a delightful idea for a joke and a fountain.
Beautiful collage..nicely done!!
Very nice collage. Great colour and lighting! Well done.
Wonderful and very interesting!
One more great shoot...Great work!
Oh I Love these super shots Hun!
Soooooooooo cool!!!
beautiful and superb shot sandra!!
That's so cool! Fabulous shots!
Such gorgeous settings and photos! I am always amazed at the beauty you capture! Totally fantastic!!!!! 1,000,000,000,000,000+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Beautiful collage.
Wonderful pic! Very well done!
Fantastic collage of beautiful shots. I like the fountain.
very beautiful
Wonderful montage my friend, this I'd like for my back yard.
Quite unique fountain! Wonderful captures Sandra! So sorry to be so late!
These are wonderful