It is a late Art Nouveau-Gothic memorial fountain, and was designed by Alfred Gilbert. You can find it in the Marlborough Road wall of Marlborough House, on Pall Mall, just east of St James's Palace.
For more, see http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/gilbert/38c.html
I have never noticed this memorial before, not in real life and not even in the tour books about London's public art. Yet it looks very impressive.
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Great post! Never knew about this memorial! Thanks for the tip!
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