Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
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