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Horses
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Demeter and Poseidon * bas reliefs of Demeter and Poseidon * big standing people, horses, baskets, fish, food, plants, weapon (trident), crown * Wall. North side of Spring Garden, West of 18th. * 39.963540,-75.168850 [map] * On the Franklin Town tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +wikipedia.org's Demeter page +wikipedia.org's Poseidon page |
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania Entrance * state seal, horses, bird * Entrance. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. South side of Locust, West of 13th. * 39.947910,-75.162700 [map] * On the Gayborhood tour. * See also: +Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
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Old St. Mary's Bench * small standing people, sitting and kneeling people, sports equipment, tools, water, plants, horse, horn, umbrella, hats * Medallions are set into the curved brick back of the bench. * Just South of Old St. Mary's. West side of 4th, South of Locust. * 39.945375,-75.148475 [map] * On the Society Hill tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified |
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Pony Express Rider * small seated person, hat, horse, plants, mesas * Over the door. North side of Chestnut,West of 9th. * 39.949975,-75.156110 [map] * On the Jefferson Campus tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified |
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Fountain of the Sea Horses 1740 (1926 replica) * fountain, horses * River side of Kelly Drive, at the bottom of the ramp at the back of the museum. * 39.967555,-75.183650 [map] * On the Museum Grounds tour. |
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Amazon August Kiss, 1837 * seated person, horse, cat, spear * At the foot of the steps of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * 39.964950,-75.179650 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's August Kiss page +Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Pegasus Vincenz Bildhauer Pilz, 1863 * Two separate statues of Pegasus with Calliope and Erato * big horses, standing people, scroll * In front of Memorial Hall. Avenue of the Republic. * 39.978935,-75.209500 [map] * On the West Park tour. * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece (Calliope) +Max Buten's picture of this piece (Erato) +wikipedia.org's Calliope page +wikipedia.org's Erato page |
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City Hall, North Pavilion Alexander Milne Calder, 1873 - 1893 * people sitting, people standing, partial people, groups of people, horse head, seal of the city, ship, plow, cattle head, bear head, lion or tiger head, elephant head * This pavilion was the first of the four to be cleaned and lit. Standing in this one small portion of the building you can sense the incredible amount of work that went into the building's sculpture. * Part of the whole building's art. North entrance City Hall. South side of JFK at Broad. * 39.953000,-75.163400 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page |
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City Hall, South Pavilion Alexander Milne Calder, 1873 - 1893 * standing people, sitting people, heads, birds, dragons, book and scrolls, staff, cats, seal of Pennsylvania, horses, ship, plow, plants, bison head, squirrel, headgear * Part of the whole building's art. City Hall. North side of S. Penn Square at Broad. * 39.951825,-75.163650 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page |
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St. George and the Dragon Elkington & Company, 1877 (sometimes listed 1876) * Statue of Saint George * seated person, horse, helmet, spear, dragon * inscription: Designed and cast 1877 Elkington & Company Birmingham England for The Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia Founded 1772 St. George's Day, 23 April, 1978 * Martin Luther King Drive just North of Black Road. * 39.983050,-75.205900 [map] * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Moved * See also: +phillyskyline.com story about the demolition of the building where this sculpture used to be, with picture +Society of the Sons of St. George +picture of this piece from the Free Library of Philadelphia +Bob Speel's Elkington & Company page +newadvent.org's St. George page |
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Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument John Massey Rhind, James H. Windrim, 1883 * big standing person wearing a hat, weapons, eagles, horses, olive branches, United States, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia seals * The eagles and plaques are by John Massey Rhind. The soldier is variously attributed to John Lachmier or Lachmer but is identical to one atop the 1909 West Park monument of the same name and may have been mass produced * inscription: They never fail who die in a great cause. -Byron 1861 Germantown's tribute to her heroic dead 1883 United States of America Liberty and Union now and forever, one and inseperable -Webster Pennsylvania The Keystone State liberty without obedience is confusion and obedience without liberty is slavery. Philadelphia The City of Brotherly Love On Earth peace Good will toward men -Luke * Market Square. Germantown between Shoolhouse and Church. * 40.034325,-75.172300 [map] * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Religious, War * See also: +wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page +philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page +ushistory.org's Market Square page |
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Major General John Fulton Reynolds John Rogers, 1884 * Statue of John Fulton Reynolds * seated person, horse, hat, sword * North side of City Hall. South side of JFK at Broad. * 39.953225,-75.163250 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +another 1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +wikipedia.org's John Rogers page +wikipedia.org's John F. Reynolds page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page |
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Major General George Gordon Meade Alexander Milne Calder, 1887 * Statue of George Gordon Meade * seated person, horse * Lansdowne Drive, West of Black Road. * 39.981075,-75.208140 [map] * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: New, War * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +wikipedia.org's George Meade page |
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Joan of Arc Emmanuel Fremiet, 1890 (listed dates vary widely) * Statue of Joan of Arc * horse, seated person, flag, weapons * Most sources list Joan of Arc's dates as 1412-1431. * inscription: Jeanne D'Arc 1409-1431 * 25th and Kelly Drive. * 39.966500,-75.179175 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites, New, Religious * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Another Max Buten picture of this piece +bronze-gallery.com's Emmanuel Fremiet page +wikipedia.org's Joan of Arc page |
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General George McClellan Henry Jackson Ellicott, 1894 * Statue of George B. McClellan * seated person, hat, sword, horse * North side of City Hall. South side of JFK at Broad. * 39.953250,-75.163650 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +another 1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +1913 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +wikipedia.org's George B. McClellan page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page |
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Spirit of Transportation Karl Bitter, 1895 * big group of people, mostly standing, some sitting, horses, sheep, oxen, wagon and carriage, basket of fruit, model train, model boat, model airship * inscription: This panel, the conception and work of Karl Bitter, sculptor, was executed in 1895 and placed in the waiting room of Broad Street Station Philadelphia from which place it was removed to this site in January, 1933. The spirit of transportation is represented in triumphant procession of progress led by a little child carrying a model of an airship, a prophetic vision of a mode of transportation to come. * Interior. North waiting area 30th Street Station. Northeast corner, 30th and Market Sts.. * 39.955985,-75.182160 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * See also: +Linda Mann Art Gallery pictures of this piece +wikipedia.org's Karl Bitter page +wikipedia.org's 30th Street Station page |
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Witherspoon Building 1895 - 1897 * References to and representations of Albert Barnes, Charles Hodge, Jesus, Saint John, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Matthew and John Witherspoon * small lion, birds, ox, plants, books, winged person, groups of people, standing people, reclining people, heads and eyes, fire, scales, headgear, anchor, cup, furniture, various religious symbols * A group of figures from the building are now in the courtyard of the Presbyterian Historical Society * West side of Juniper between Sansom and Walnut, and along the North side of Walnut West of Juniper. * 39.949250,-75.163200 [map] * On the Gayborhood tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles, Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building +wikipedia.org Albert Barnes page +wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page |
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General Ulysses S. Grant Daniel Chester French, Edward C. Potter, 1897 * Statue of Ulysses S. Grant * seated person, hat, horse * Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive. * 39.980790,-75.197900 [map] * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +wikipedia.org's Ulysses S. Grant page |
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Smith Memorial Arch Herbert Adams, George E. Bissell, Alexander Stirling Calder, Katherine M. Cohen, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Daniel Chester French, Charles Grafly, Samuel Murray, Edward C. Potter, John Massey Rhind, Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh, John Quincy Adams Ward, James H. Windrim, 1897 - 1912 * Statues and busts of James A. Beaver, S.W. Crawford, Andrew Gregg Curtin, John A. B. Dahlgren, John B. Gest, Winfield Scott Hancock, John Hartranft, George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, David Dixon Porter, John Fulton Reynolds, Richard Smith and James H. Windrim * big arches, standing people, seated people, heads, horses, eagles, globe, weapons, hats * Despite the name, the memorial is actually not an arch at all, though it does include two arches. Sculptures on the memorial include Herbert Adams' statue of Richard Smith, who funded the memorial, and Samuel Murray's bust of James H. Windrim, who was the artist and architect of the memorial itself. Detail pictures of the individual pieces are in alphabetical order by subject. One of John Massey Rhind's eagles is pictured last. Dahlgren is listed elsewhere as "Dahlgreen." * Avenue of the Republic at 41st. * 39.977450,-75.206500 [map] * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: New, War * See also: +ushistory.org's page for this piece +philadelphiabuilding.org's page for this piece +wikipedia.org's page for this piece +wikipedia.org's Herbert Adams page +wikipedia.org's George E. Bissell page +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page +askart.com's Katherine M. Cohen page +jewishvirtuallibrary.org's Moses Jacob Ezekiel page +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +wikipedia.org's Charles Grafly page +wikipedia.org's Samuel Murray page +wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page +wikipedia.org Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh page +wikipedia.org John Quincy Adams Ward page +philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page +PA Historical and Museum Commission's James Addams Beaver page +PA Historical and Museum Commission's Andrew Gregg Curtin page +biography of John A. B. Dahlgren from civilwarartillery.com +The W. S. Hancock Society +Petersburg National Battlefield John Hartranft page +wikipedia.org's George B. McClellan page +wikipedia.org's George Meade page +U.S. Navy's David Dixon Porter page +National Park Service's David Dixon Porter page +wikipedia.org's John F. Reynolds page |
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The Washington Monument Rudolf Siemering, 1897 * Monument to George Washington * big fountains, groups of people, standing people, sitting and reclining people, alligator, bears, birds, bison and oxen, elk and moose, fish, horse, snake, plants, shells, weapons, drum, net, hats * Restoration of this astoundingly complex and detailed monument was completed in June of 1997. * West end of Eakins Oval. Parkway at 24th. * 39.964250,-75.179150 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +Featured in The Sixth Sense +wikipedia.org's George Washington page |
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The Medicine Man Cyrus E. Dallin, 1899 * seated person, horned headgear, horse * Dauphin West of 33rd at Randolph, Resevoir, and Strawberry Mansion Bridge. From Kelly Drive turn right on to Fountain Green Drive at General Ulysses S. Grant, and then left at the resevoir. * 39.992175,-75.189200 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum |
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Cowboy Frederic Remington, 1908 * seated person, hat, horse * Other side of Kelly Drive past the Girard Avenue Bridge. * 39.977740,-75.193860 [map] * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Frederic Remington Art Museum |
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Civil War Soldiers Memorial Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1921 * big stele, group of people, standing people, angel, hats, weapons, flag, eagle, horse * The last picture is of the reference to this piece from the mural at 12th and Walnut * inscription: front top: One country, one Constitution, one destiny. front bottom: Each for himself gathered up the cherished purposes of life, its aims and ambitions, its dearest affections, and flung all with life itself into the scale of battle. back: Donaldson, The Peninsula, Antietem, Murfreesborg, Chancelorsville, Gettysburg, Chickanagua, Chattanooga, Petersburg, Atlanta, Appomatox, 1861-1865 * North side of the Parkway, West of 20th. * 39.959650,-75.172650 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +another phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Hermon Atkins MacNeil page |
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Great Seals of Cities and States Paul Philippe Cret, Leon Hermant, 1926 * big Seals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, standing people, arm, scales and plow, ship, basket, fruit, scroll, horses, eagle * The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania seals are in Philadelphia. The Camden and New Jersey seals (not pictured) are in Camden. * Bridge anchorages. Ben Franklin Bridge. West of Columbus on Race and South of Vine on Water. * 39.954225,-75.140300 [map] * On the Penn's Landing tour. * See also: +The Paul Philippe Cret Collection at upenn.edu +wikipedia.org's Leon Hermant page +wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge page |
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Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building Lee Lawrie, 1926 - 1927 * Building renamed in honor of Raymond G. Perelman and Ruth Perelman * big people standing sitting, furniture, weapons, kite, ships, tools and machines, dogs, horses, alligators, elephants, owls, squirrels, buildings, trains, plants, symbols and words * Originally an insurance building. Donated to the Art Museum by the Perelmans. The pictures here are only a representative sampling of the art. * inscription: Pennsylvania side: In the honor and perpetuity of the family is founded the state. In the nobler life of the household is the nobler life of mankind. 26th side: He labors best who loves best : the finest work of a man's life is to open the doors of opportunity to those who depend on him. * Northwest corner of Fairmount and Pennsylvania. * 39.967490,-75.179490 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: New * See also: +Museum press release about the donation +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building +Max Buten's picture of one of the reliefs +Another Max Buten picture of one of the reliefs +wikipedia.org's Lee Lawrie page |
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E.W. Clark Building Medallions 1928 * small winged horse, birds, bull, corn * Walls. Northeast corner, 16th and Locust. * 39.948650,-75.167675 [map] * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building |
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The Lion Fighter Albert Wolff, 1928 * seated person, spear, horse, lion * At the foot of the steps of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * 39.964575,-75.180100 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Mitten Hall 1931 * standing, sitting and horizontal, partial people, musical instruments, sun, moon and stars, telescope, flying horse, castle, symbols * Pictures have been significantly color altered to show detail. Owls carved at the corners and reliefs on the South wall are not yet pictured. * West wall. East side of Broad, South of Norris. * 39.981900,-75.156900 [map] * On the Temple Campus tour. * Exhibits: Athletic * See also: +Gerry Wilkinson's Mitten Hall page |
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All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors J. Otto Schweizer, 1934 * group of people standing, torch, hats and helmets, shield, eagles and large feather, horses, seal of Pennsylvania * inscription: front: Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in honor of her colored soldiers. back: To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the United States of America that a lasting record shall be made of their unselfish devotion to duty as an inspiration to future generations this monument is dedicated May 30, 1934. right: American Revolution, Civil War, Indian Wars left: Spanish American War, Phillipine Insurrection, World War * West side of Logan Square. Aviator Park. Southeast of 20th and the Parkway. * 39.958320,-75.171800 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Moved, War, African American * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1935 picture of this piece from a previous location in Fairmount Park +One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +Another of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page |
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General Anthony Wayne John Gregory, 1937 * Statue of Anthony Wayne * seated person, horse, sword, hat * In front of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * 39.964750,-75.180950 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +askart.com's John Gregory page +ushistory.org's Anthony Wayne page +Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Courtship Henry Mitchell, 1958 * Memorial to Henry M. Phillips * horses, fountain * Plaza. Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * 39.965325,-75.180625 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org picture of this piece +Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Horses Drawing Fire Engine John Godfrey, 1964 * small horses, fire engine * Entrance. Fire station, South side of Market between 21st and 22nd. * 39.953700,-75.175525 [map] * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters |
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Don Quijote de la Mancha Joaquin Garcia Donaire, 1966 (installed) * Statue of Don Quixote * seated person, horse, spear and shield * The inscription is in Spanish on one side of the base and mostly in English on the other. This is the English inscription. * inscription: This is an exact replica of the original sculpture by the artist Joaquin Garcia Donaire located in Ciudad Real - Spain. The statue has been presented by the Excma Diputacion de Ciudad Real to the City of Philadelphia as a token of friendship and understanding between our two cultures. * Middle of 2nd, North of Girard. * 39.969790,-75.139610 [map] * On the Northern Liberties tour. * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece |
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Mustang at Play Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1969 * small horse * North side of Stamper, West of 2nd (off Head House Square, just South of Pine). * 39.942900,-75.146200 [map] * On the Lombard-South tour. |
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Running Free Henry Mitchell, 1971 * horses * Between 2009 and 2011, as part of the relandscaping that accompanied the construction of the building that is now to the South of this piece, the base was altered and moved and the piece was rotated on the base. The first three pictures were taken prior to the change. * On the campus of Drexel University. Northwest of 33rd and Market. * 39.956450,-75.190025 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +Drexel University |
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Fire Engine Harold Kimmelman, 1972 * small horses, fire-fighting equipment, sitting person, standing person * Front wall. Fire Station, North side of Frankford between Decatur and Harel. * 40.040575,-75.030900 [map] * Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters * See also: +hksculpt.com +Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org |
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Meher Khoren der Harootian, 1976 * Statue of Meher * cross, standing, sittng, and lying people, human bones, helmets, weapons, buildings, mountains, plants, horses, vulture, water, sun * inscription: On this day, April 24, 1976, commemorating the 61st anniversary of the martyrdom of the Armenian nation and celebrating the bicentennial year of American independence, we Americans of Armenian heritage in eternal gratitude to God dedicate this monument to our adopted land of the United States. Meher - A legendary figure of inspiring power symbolizing the invincible faith of the Armenian people, the first nation to embrace Christianity (301 AD). Keeping Watch over the cultural heritage of Armenia. Day of Infamy, April 24, 1915 the genocide and martyrdom of the Armenian Nation. St. Vartan at the battle of Avarayr (451 AD). History's first defense of the Christian faith. Mid the ashes of the martyrs, mother and child look to freedom for Armenia and all nations. * South side of Kelly Drive, West of 25th. * 39.966500,-75.179800 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Religious, War * See also: +page about this piece from umn.edu |
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Horse Team and Pumper Making A Run Harold Kimmelman, 1978 * small seated person, partial person, hat and helmet, fire-fighting equipment, horses * Wall. West side of 2nd, North of York. * 39.987575,-75.135825 [map] * On the Port Richmond tour. * Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters * See also: +hksculpt.com +Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org |
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Pony Express Rider Arlene Love, 1981 * horse, partial seated person wearing a hat * Up on the wall. East side of 5th, South of Spring Garden. * 39.959600,-75.146800 [map] * On the Northern Liberties tour. * See also: +arlenelove.com |
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Riverwalk Andrew Liecester, 1990 * heads, standing people, horses, fish, mermaids * Most of this piece has disappeared. Only the part in the first picture with the small human heads remains. * Pier 3, North of Market and Penn's Landing. * 39.950125,-75.140500 [map] * On the Penn's Landing tour. * Exhibits: Missing |
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Gambol II: Mare and Foal Robert David Lasus, 1992 * horses * South side of the West end of the central promenade in the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont. * 39.982700,-75.213850 [map] * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: New |
