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Joseph Haydn
Idusch and Son, 1906 (presented as an award)
* Bust of Joseph Haydn
* head
* inscription: Grand Prize awarded to the United Singers of Philadelphia
* Southeast corner of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.983040,-75.208625 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Haydn page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Rebecca at the Well
John J. Boyle, 1908
* Biblical scene of Rebecca
* people standing, head coverings, walking stick, jug, camels
* inscription:
Drink and I will give thy camels drink also.- Genesis XXIV:XIV
I give this legacy for a triple purpose: to ornament the city that William Penn founded, to refresh the weary and thirsty, both man and beast, and to commemorate a fact of sacred story. - Extract from the will of Mary Rebecca Darby Smith
This monument was removed from Twelth and Spring Garden Streets and erected by the Philadelphia Fountain Society 1934
* East end of the Horticulture Center. Horticultural Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.983625,-75.208700 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Moved
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's John J. Boyle page
+wikipedia.org's Rebecca page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Lions
1891 (donated)
* lions
* inscription: Presented to Fairmount Park, Henry Lisle Waln, 1891
* In the middle of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.983575,-75.208935 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Giuseppe Verdi
Ettore Ferrari, 1907
* Bust of Guiseppe Verdi
* head, seated person, violin
* At the intersection where Horticulture Drive splits near the Southeast corner of Horticulture Hall at the East end of the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.983100,-75.209500 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Ettore Ferrari page
+wikipedia.org's Giuseppe Verdi page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Franz Schubert
Henry Baerer, 1891
* Bust of Franz Schubert
* head, people standing, cherubs, musical instruments, plants
* inscription: Grand Prize awarded to the German Singers of Philadelphia Newark, N.J. 4-8ten Juli 1891
* In the middle of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.983550,-75.209125 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Henry Baerer page
+wikipedia.org's Franz Schubert page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon
Joseph Alexis Bailly, 1876
* Statue of John Witherspoon
* standing person, scroll
* inscription:
front:
A lineal descendant of John Knox
Born in Scotland February 5 1722
Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church 1745
President of the College of New Jersey 1788-1794
The only clergyman in the Continental Congress
A signer of the Declaration of Independence
Died at Princeton, New Jersey November 15, 1794
right:
For my own part of property I have some of reputation. More, that reputation is staked, that property is pledged, on the issue of this contest. And although these grey hairs must soon descend into sepulchre I would infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hand of the executioner than desert at this crisis the sacred cause of my country.
left:
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all its inhabitants thereof" -Levit. XX 10
* North side of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center. N. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.984050,-75.208900 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Alexis Bailly page
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

The Journeyer
Lindsay Daen, 1975
* standing person, walking stick
* Originally installed at the General Accident building on the South side of Walnut West of 4th. The plaque at the current location does not say when it was moved.
* inscription:
General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.
Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America and to the great journey upon which this nation is engaged.
Erected June 5, 1975 in cooperation with the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia
* Just East of Horticulture Hall on the East end of the Horticulture Center. Horticultural Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.983500,-75.209500 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's image of this piece in its original location
+wikipedia.org's Lindsay Daen page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Night
Edward Stauch, 1872
* standing person, hooded
* Near the Southwest corner of Horticulture Hall In a small garden on the South side of the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.982800,-75.210725 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

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] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+wikipedia.org's George Meade page

The Wrestlers
Ferdinand Barbedienne, 1885 (French cast of 100-1 BC Roman copy of 400-301 BC Greek original)
* small people not standing
* Originally located outside Memorial hall. The last picture is from that location.
* Parking lot entrance North of the Northeast corner of Horticulture Hall in the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.984250,-75.209950 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Athletic, Moved
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Ferdinand Barbedienne page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

St. George and the Dragon
Elkington and Company, 1877 (sometimes listed 1876)
* Statue of Saint George
* seated person, horse, helmet, spear, dragon
* according to multiple sources this piece was previously at two different locations on Arch at 13th and 19th
* 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] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Moved
* See also:
+Society of St. George
+associationforpublicart.org page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Elkington & Company page
+wikipedia.org's Saint George page

Schiller
Heinrich Manger, 1885 (installed 1886)
* Statue of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
* two standing people, one winged, torch, sitting person, tree stump, quill
* South side near the East end of the central promenade under a tree in the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.982750,-75.211800 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+fr.wikipedia.org's Heinrich Manger page (in French)
+wikipedia.org's Schiller page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake, 1871 (installed 1977)
* Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
* standing person, scroll, globe
* Was originally installed at 33rd and Girard in 1876, moved 1977. Pictures are from the current location.
* inscription:
Alexander von Humboldt
Born Sept. 14, 1769
Died May 6, 1859
Dedicated to the City of Philadelphia
by its German citizens
* Martin Luther King Drive South of Black Road.
* 39.982325,-75.205850 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's page for this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Friedrich Drake page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander von Humboldt page

Goethe
Heinrich Manger, 1890
* Statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* standing person, rolled paper
* North side near the East end of the central promenade in the Horticulture Center. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.983725,-75.212010 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+fr.wikipedia.org's Heinrich Manger page (in French)
+wikipedia.org's Goethe page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

George and Meta Conor-Wood Memorial
Ahron Ben-Shmuel, 1942
* Memorial to George Conor-Wood and Meta Conor-Wood
* seated person, deer
* Martin Luther King Drive below Black Road, opposite side, sunken.
* 39.981375,-75.205825 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+learninglab.si.edu's resource page for this piece
+michenermuseum.org's Ahron Ben-Shmuel page