The Boy (fountain)

The Boy Fountain sits north of the junction between Birdcage Walk and Queen Anne's Gate in Saint James's Park. You can identify this piece by the marble figure of a young boy holding a water jar, which rests atop a granite plinth. When it was first unveiled in eighteen sixty-three, the fountain functioned as a drinking station for the public. Water once flowed from the mouths of four fish carved into the base, collecting into scallop-shaped basins designed for people to drink from.