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Person: Alexander von Humboldt
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 Friedrich Drake page
Drexel University Main Building Entrance
New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company,
Wilson Brothers and Company (Architects),
1891
* Busts of Aesculapius,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Christopher Columbus,
Michael Faraday,
Galileo,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Alexander von Humboldt,
Thomas Jefferson,
Michelangelo,
Moses,
Isaac Newton,
Raphael,
William Shakespeare
and
William of Sens
* small
heads,
standing
angel
* These busts in niches go all the way around the inside of the arch, including two that are looking straight down. Moses and Aesculapius are on either side of the angel on the front.
* Entrance.
Main Building, Drexel University.
North side of Chestnut, just East of the 32nd Street walkway.
* 39.953850,-75.187000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphia buildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Wilson Brothers and Company page
+wikipedia.org's Aesculapius page
+wikipedia.org's Johann Sebastian Bach page
+wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
+wikipedia.org's Michael Faraday page
+wikipedia.org's Galileo Galilei page
+wikipedia.org's Goethe page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Michelangelo page
+wikipedia.org's Moses page
+wikipedia.org's Isaac Newton page
+wikipedia.org's Raphael page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipdedia.org's William of Sens page
+drexel.edu
