Commemorating the legendary princess Hafren, who was drowned in the River Severn, Burges intended the fountain to stand in the city of Gloucester but it was never executed.

The most directly related is the Crawford Market Fountain in Mumbai, India, designed by William Emerson and decorated by John Lockwood Kipling.

Created in 1874, it exhibits remarkable similarities to the Burges fountain, a point noted by Christopher London in his work, Bombay Gothic.

[8] A Statue of Sabrina created by the sculptor William Calder Marshall is now owned by Amherst College in the United States, and is the subject of regular student pranks.

[9] A modern interpretation, The Apotheosis of Sabrina, of 1980, is by Gerald Laing and stands on Narrow Quay, in Bristol City Centre.