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 page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander von Humboldt page

See Also

+wikipedia.org's Friedrich Drake page