Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Artist: Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake
also listed as Frederick
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake,
1871
* Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
* standing person,
scroll,
globe
* 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
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander von Humboldt page
See Also
+wikipedia.org's Friedrich Drake page