PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS
Page 80 – COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN FROM THE REAR
COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN FROM THE REAR.— Father Time became a familiar figure during the Fair to the hosts who gathered about the music stands on the eastern part of the Grand Plaza, for the barge of the Columbian Fountain rode stern on to the plaza and Time was at the barge’s helm. The illustration is an excellent one of the fountain from the rear and is as attractive, as were views taken from other points, of that splendid work of art. Grasping his scythe in an unaccustomed manner, Father Time tugs heartily away as if either the sea-horses in front or the fair rowers at the sides were swerving the grand barge a little from its course and he felt the full responsibility of his new position. In this view the rowers on the right appear, the oarswomen being Music, Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, and two of the sea-horses, which are assisting the rowers by towing, are also visible at the eastern side of the fountain, bearing upon their backs the riders typical of Modern Intelligence and Force. In the foreground a sea nymph is disporting and tritons and dolphins are enjoying themselves and tossing up the water near. The symmetry and classic majesty of the Barge of State are made from this point of view especially apparent. There was no aspect in which a feature of the fountain failed to justify the encomiums upon it.