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Kelly Drive Tour

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The Kelly Drive tour begins at Kelly and Fairmount, along the side of the drive across from the Art Museum, crossing at Lincoln's statue and then out along the Drive. This tour is approximately 4 kilometers round trip. For purposes of location, "river side" refers to the side of the drive adjacent to the Art Museum/river/path. "Other side" refers to the other side of the drive, and "center" refers to sculptures located on traffic islands. In stretches there is a path on the other side, but crossing the drive on foot is a problematic exercise that should be approached with the utmost caution. On the other hand, should you choose to make the trip by car, you will find it difficult to view the pieces on the river side. Your best bet is some form of human-powered wheeled transportation, such as a bicycle.

	Tiger at Bay Albino Manca, 1965 * tiger * Kelly Drive, just West of Fairmount, across from the Azalea Garden. * 39.968425,-75.182165 [map]
	Silenus and the Infant Bacchus Praxiteles, 1885 (cast of 400 BC original) * Statue of Bacchus and Silenus * two people, one standing, one carried * Artist is an "attribution" * Kelly Drive, past Fairmount. * 39.968730,-75.182725 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Joey Blue's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Praxiteles page +wikipedia.org's Bacchus/Dionysus page +wikipedia.org's Silenus page
	The Wedges Robert Morris, 1970 * abstract * Northeast from Kelly Drive and Sedgely Drive. * 39.970075,-75.184175 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's Robert Morris page
	Abraham Lincoln Randolph Rogers, 1871 * Statue of Abraham Lincoln * big seated person, chair, pen and paper, eagles, federal and city seals * Moved in January 2002 from the middle of Kelly Drive to the North side. The first picture is from the old location. * inscription: front: To Abraham Lincoln from a grateful people left: With malice towards none, with charity towards all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in back: Let us here highly resolve that the government of the people. by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth right: I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the states in rebellion are and hence forth shall be free * Kelly Drive and Sedgely Drive. * 39.969550,-75.184500 [map] * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +wikipedia.org's Randolph Rogers page +wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
	The Pilgrim Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1904 * standing person, hat, Bible, walking stick * Other side of Kelly Drive at Lemon Hill Drive. * 39.970100,-75.188660 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites, Religious * See also: +sgnhs.org page for this piece +phillyhistory.org 1912 picture of this piece outside City Hall on a different base +Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site
	Thorfinn Karlsefni Einar Jonsson, 1918 * Statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni * standing person, helmet, sword and shield * inscription: Following Leaf Ericson's discovery of North America in 1003, Thorfinn Karlsefni, with 165 men and 35 women established a settlement which lasted 3 years, and his son Snorri was born in North America. Lief Ericson society of Pennsylvania Scandanavian Craft Club of Philadelphia October 9, 1976 * Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.970190,-75.190050 [map] * See also: +The Einar Jonsson Museum +wikipedia.org's Thorfinn Karlsefni page
	Stone Age In America John J. Boyle, 1877 * mother and children, mother standing, children crouching and carried, wolf, axe * Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.971975,-75.190250 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +askart.com's John J. Boyle page
	The Puritan Harry Rosin, 1942 * standing person, gun * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972375,-75.190360 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page
	Settling of the Seaboard Wheeler Williams, 1942 * Quotes from William Penn and Alexander Whitaker * group of people, standing, sitting, trees * inscription: I have great love and regard towards you and desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a kind, just and peacable life and the people I send are of the same mind and shall in all things behave themselves accordingly. -William Penn to the Indians If we consider the almost miraculous beginning and continuance of this plantation we must needs confess that God hath opened this passage unto us and led us by the hand unto this work. -Aleaxander Whitaker * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972440,-75.190360 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's Wheeler Williams page +wikipedia.org's William Penn page +wikipedia.org's Alexander Whitaker page
	The Quaker Harry Rosin, 1942 * standing person, Bible, hat * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972525,-75.190360 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page
	The Revolutionary Soldier Erwin Frey, 1943 * standing person, hat, gun * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972675,-75.190450 [map] * Exhibits: War * See also: +askart.com's Erwin Frey page
	The Birth of a Nation Henry Kreis, 1943 * Quote from George Washington * cannon, group of people standing, eagle, idea * inscription: front: We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unaliable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. -Declaration of Independence back: The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply as finally staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people. -First Inaugural of George Washington * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972750,75.190490 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Henry Kreis page +wikipedia.org's George Washington page
	The Statesman Erwin Frey, 1943 * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.972800,-75.190490 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Erwin Frey page
	The Miner John B. Flannagan, 1938 * crouching person, miner's tools * inscription: They searched the earth for treasure. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973375,-75.190850 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's John Bernard Flannagan page
	Spanning the Continent Robert Laurent, 1937 * two people standing, farm implement, bonnet * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973275,-75.190700 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's Robert Laurent page
	The Ploughman J. Wallace Kelly, 1938 * kneeling person * inscription: They broke the land for harvest. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973425,-75.190700 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page
	The Spirit of Enterprise Jacques Lipchitz, 1950 - 1960 * Quote from Theodore Roosevelt * big eagle, snake, person leaning forward * inscription: Our nation glorious in youth and strength looks into the future with fearless and eager eyes as vigorous as a young man to run a race. -Theodore Roosevelt * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973600,-75.190875 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +wikipedia.org's Jacque Lipchitz page +wikipedia.org's Theodore Roosevelt page
	The Slave Helene Sardeau, 1940 * kneeling person * inscription: Their bands have broken asunder. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973775,-75.191060 [map] * Exhibits: African American * See also: +Smithsonian archives photograph of Helene Sardeau in her studio
	Welcoming to Freedom Maurice Sterne, 1939 * Quotes from William Cullen Bryant and Abraham Lincoln * two people, one standing, one sitting * inscription: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right. As God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in. - Abraham Lincoln Here the free spirit of mankind at length throws its first fetters off and who shall place a limit to the giant's unchained strength, or curb his swiftness in the forward race. - William Cullen Bryant * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973885,-75.191000 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Maurice Sterne page +wikipedia.org's William Cullen Bryant page +wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
	The Immigrant Heinz Warneke, 1940 * kneeling person, staff * inscription: They came seeking freedom * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.973800,-75.190925 [map] * See also: +Heinz Warneke papers at Syracuse University
	James A. Garfield Monument Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1895 * Monument to James A. Garfield * standing person, head, eagle, olive branch, sword and shield * inscription: E. Plurbius Unum MDCCCXXXI MDCCCLXXXI James Abram Garfield President of the United States MDCCCLXXXI * Other side of Kelly Drive, near the Girard Avenue Bridge. * 39.973900,-75.190550 [map] * See also: +Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site +wikipedia.org's James A. Garfield page
	The Laborer Ahron Ben-Shmuel, 1958 * standing person wearing a helmet * inscription: He wrought miracles * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.974425,-75.191400 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org Ahron Ben-Shmuel page
	The Poet Jose de Creeft, 1954 * standing person, scroll * inscription: He shaped our dreams. * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.974350,-75.191425 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org Jose de Creeft page
	The Preacher Waldemar Raemisch, 1952 * standing person * inscription: He guided our ways * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.974675,-75.191625 [map] * Exhibits: Religious
	The Scientist Khoren der Harootian, 1955 * standing person * inscription: He weighed the stars. * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.974610,-75.191475 [map]
	The Hand and Eye of God J. Wallace Kelly, 1959 * eye and hand, tools * The title is from the James A. Michener Art Museum's web site. Public Art in Philadelphia says "Titles Unknown." * Stair Posts. North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * 39.974550,-75.191400 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page
	Cowboy Frederic Remington, 1908 * seated person, hat, horse * Other side of Kelly Drive past the Girard Avenue Bridge. * 39.977740,-75.193860 [map] * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Frederic Remington Art Museum
	Playing Angels Carl Milles, 1950 * vertical angels, musical instruments * Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive. * 39.980225,-75.198840 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites, Religious * See also: +photo.net pictures from Millesgarden in Stockholm, Sweden
	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] * Exhibits: War * See also: +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +wikipedia.org's Ulysses S. Grant page
	Schuylkill Navy War Memorial 1950 * small Schuylkill Navy logo, seahorses, oars, hand, triton * inscription: This Grandstand is dedicated to the memory of oarsmen who made the supreme sacrifice. World War I, World War II. Erected by the Schuylkill Navy, July 4, 1950 * Wall. Reviewing Stands. River side of Kelly Drive. * 39.985540,-75.202425 [map] * Exhibits: War * See also: +Schuylkill Navy:
	John J. Carlin Tablet 1968 (approximate) * Relief bust of John J. Carlin * small head * inscription: This tablet was erected by oarsmen of the rowing world in honor of John J. Carlin 1896 - 1968 Circa 1914-1968 He was a man dedicated to the amateur sport of rowing and devoted 54 years to its development and leadership encompassing All phases:- schoolboy, club, college, national, international, and olympic. Treasurer - Schoolboy R.A. of A. President - Fairmount R.A. Coach - University of Pennsylvania Commodore - Schuylkill Navy Chairman - Gold Cup Committee President - N.A.A.O. Chairman - U.S. Olympic and Pan-Am Rowing Committee Continental Representative of F.I.S.A. Oarsmen of the past, present, and future have and will benefit from his vigor and zeal. * Wall. Reviewing Stands. River side of Kelly Drive. * 39.985900,-75.201985 [map]
	John B. Kelly Harry Rosin, 1965 * Statue of John B. Kelly * seated person, boat, water * This is the father of the Kelly for whom the drive was named * inscription: Olympic Champion Singles 1920, Doubles 1920, Doubles 1924 * North end of the Reviewing Stands. River side of Kelly Drive. * 39.986050,-75.201800 [map] * Exhibits: Athletic * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page +wikipedia.org's Jack Kelly page

Possible trip extension: West Park (up to Falls Bridge and half way back again on the other side)

See Also

+Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page