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Content: Mermaids, Satyrs, Pans, Fauns, and Centaurs
Drunken Satyr
* reclining person
(satyr)
* Barely visible through the gate on the South side of the Hill Physick Keith House.
North side of Delancey, East of 4th.
* 39.944300,-75.148100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+ushistory.org entry for the Hill Physick Keith House
Pompeian Dancing Satyr
1904
* standing person
(satyr)
* Listed as a reproduction, no artist
* Upper (West) courtyard.
Penn Museum.
South side of South, just East of 33rd.
* 39.949630,-75.191610 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+penn.museum
Pan with Sundial
Beatrice Fenton,
1938
* In memory of organist William Stansfield
* small
kneeling person
(pan),
pipes,
plants,
sundial
* inscription:
Such harmony is in immortal souls. In loving memory of William Stansfield, FRCO FACO MUS R-PA. Tribute from his loving wife.
* East of the main entrance of the Penn Library.
Woodland Walk, West of 34th.
* 39.952385,-75.193500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Beatrice Fenton page
+library.upenn.edu
The Singing Fountain
* fountain,
standing people
(including a mermaid),
bowl,
musical instruments,
birds,
flowers
* In the middle of the triangle formed by 11th, Passyunk, and Tasker.
* 39.929900,-75.163210 [map] [nearby]
* On the South Philly tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
Riverwalk
Andrew Leicester,
1990
* heads,
standing people,
horses,
fish,
mermaids
* Originally installed next to and along the sidewalk in front of Pier 3, on the East side of Columbus, North of Market. Between 1990 and 2022 it gradually disappeared. For several years the part in the first picture with the small human heads was all that remained. As of April 30, 2022, even that was gone.
* 39.950125,-75.140500 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing
* See also:
+andrewleicester.com
Drexel Building
Charles Zeller Klauder (Architect),
O.W. Ketcham Terra Cotta Works,
1928
* zodiac signs and symbols,
ram, meregoat,
bull,
winged
people
sitting and kneeling,
crab and fish,
lion,
musical instrument,
scales,
scorpion,
centaur,
weapons,
jug,
water,
headgear,
eagle
* inscription:
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
* Whole Building.
Northeast corner, 15th and Walnut.
* 39.949625,-75.165850 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
+www.philadelphiabuildings.org's Charles Zeller Klauder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's O.W. Ketcham Terra Cotta Works page
N.W. Ayer Building
J. Wallace Kelly,
Raphael Sabatini,
1929
* big and small
standing people,
seated people,
partial people,
groups of people,
furniture,
sun,
swords,
books,
publishing equipment,
implications of building interiors,
zodiac signs,
ram,
crab,
centaur
* There are two large figures on each of the four corners of the building that are best seen from a block away.
* Doors and upper walls.
210 West Washington Square (West side of 7th, South of Walnut).
* 39.947250,-75.153400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* See also:
+michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page
+askart.com's Raphael Sabatini page
