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Artist: Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake

also listed as Frederick

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 Alexander von Humboldt page