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Landmark: Pennsylvania Hospital

On the Washington Square tour.

Good Samaritan
* people standing, sitting, donkey, suggestion of a building, hospital seal
* inscription: Take care of him and I will repay thee.
* Wall. Pennsylvania Hospital. South side of Spruce between 8th and 9th.
* 39.945750,-75.155600 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Medical, Religious, Unidentified




William Penn
John Cheere, 1774 (approximate, presented 1804)
* Statue of William Penn
* standing person wearing a hat, scroll
* Visible at a distance through the fence. Artist listing is documented as an attribution.
* inscription: John Penn A.D. 1804
* On the grounds of Pennsylvania Hospital. North side of Pine between 8th and 9th.
* 39.944650,-75.155825 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+uphs.upenn.edu page about this piece
+wikipedia.org's John Cheere page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page




743 Spruce Gates
Elizabeth Osborne, 1978
* abstract ironwork
* Gates. Pennsylvania Hospital. East side of 8th, North of Spruce and South side of Manning, East of 8th.
* 39.946150,-75.154500 [map] [nearby]


See Also

+pennmedicine.org's Pennsylvania Hospital page