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.
Be careful when you zoom-in, you might get wet! ;D)
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (31)
allnaydi
I love the rock garden and they definitely had some sense of humor back in the days ;) Beautiful collage and background info Sandra!
magnus073
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
claude19
Great and very intricate story !!!Splendid flowers around...with such water !!! EXCELLENT comment and views !!!
flora-crassella
wonderful park!!! Great photos!
MOSKETON
PERFECTAS, ME ENCANTAN ESTOS COLLAGES MANUALES, UN DIA DE ESTOS TE LOS COPIO. JE JE. PERFECTA.
lyron
Fantastic composition. Excellent collage!!
furuta
Beautiful green and water. excellent collage!!
Fidelity2
I love it. 5+.
virginiese
it's a very green garden !
decie
feels very refreshing just looking at you shots, and the tree fountain is a cool idea, nice collage and photos.
jocko500
look like a wonderful place
Amosicho
Wonderful!
greensleeves81
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.
MrsLubner
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.
brycek
Beautiful collage..nicely done!!
Miska7
Very nice collage. Great colour and lighting! Well done.
durleybeachbum
Wonderful and very interesting!
mgtcs
One more great shoot...Great work!
schonee
Oh I Love these super shots Hun!
elfin12u
Soooooooooo cool!!!
Minda
beautiful and superb shot sandra!!
amota99517
That's so cool! Fabulous shots!
Radar_rad-dude
Such gorgeous settings and photos! I am always amazed at the beauty you capture! Totally fantastic!!!!! 1,000,000,000,000,000+++++++++++++++++++++++++
ledwolorz
Beautiful collage.
Darkwish
Wonderful pic! Very well done!
Hendesse
Fantastic collage of beautiful shots. I like the fountain.
lucindawind
very beautiful
petercp
Wonderful montage my friend, this I'd like for my back yard.
ShadowsNTime
Quite unique fountain! Wonderful captures Sandra! So sorry to be so late!
pops
These are wonderful