2-751-020 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Elevation of the Fountain of the Lions', 19th century, (1907). Water feature in the Court of the Lions, palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, which mainly dates from the 14th century. The white marble fountain, formed of twelve lions that throw jets of water, dates from the 11th century. From "The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration" by Albert F. Calvert. [John Lane, London & New York, 1907]