1911
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Penn Quad Gargoyles
1894 - 1911
* small
crouching people,
musical instruments
* Walls.
Penn Quad.
South side of Spruce from 36th to 37th.
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* Exhibits: Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the Quad
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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. There are no details of John Massey Rhind's eagles, or Daniel Chester French's statue of George Gordon Meade (on top of the left pole in the first picture). Dahlgren is listed elsewhere as "Dahlgreen."
* North Concourse Drive near Memorial Hall.
* On the West Park tour.
* Exhibits: 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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Duck Girl
Paul Manship,
1911
* small
standing person,
duck,
fountain,
fish heads
* In the pool at the center of Rittenhouse Square.
Southwest from 18th and Walnut.
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Paul Manship page
+wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page
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Spirit of '61
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown,
1911
* standing person,
hat,
rifle
* inscription:
First Regiment Infantry National Guard of Pennsylvania
(Gray Reserves)
1861 - April 19 - 1911
* In front of the Union League.
Southwest corner, Broad and Sansom.
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour.
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1957 picture of the Union League with this piece visible
+askart.com's Henry Kirke Bush-Brown page
+The Union League
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Zimmerman House
1911
* cattle heads,
ball with Z
* Under the eaves and on the roof.
North side of Fairmount between 4th and 5th.
* On the Northern Liberties tour.
* Exhibits: Gargoyles
* See also:
+The Gargoyle Hunter's page for the building
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