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Portal:Cliveden
{{about|the British mansion|Benjamin Chew's mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania|Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)}}
[[Image:Cliveden-2382.jpg|thumb|400px|View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below]]

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==Sculpture collection==
[[Image:Cliveden-2410.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Waldo Story]]'s Fountain of Love inscribed "Waldo Story, Roma 1897"]]
One of the features of the gardens is the large collection of sculpture, most of it acquired by the 1st Lord Astor from 1893 to 1906.<ref name='NT'>{{Harvnb|National Trust|1994|p=}}</ref> The shell fountain, known as the Fountain of Love, greets visitors at the end of the lime tree [[
Avenue (landscape)|avenue]] up to the house. It was sculpted by  [[Thomas Waldo Story]] , (American, 1855–1915) in Rome in 1897 and was commissioned by Lord Astor for this site. It features a large [[Carrara]] marble shell supporting three life-size female figures attended by [[cupid]]. The  "Tortoise" fountain  near the parterre was also made by T.W. Story at around the same time.

[[Image:Cliveden-proserpina.jpg|140px|thumb|right|[[Proserpina]], after the original c.1565]]
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