Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Charles Dickens
Dickens and Little Nell
Francis Edwin Elwell,
1890
* Only known statue of Charles Dickens
* two people,
one standing,
one sitting,
chair
* Clark Park.
North side of Chester, West of 43rd.
* 39.948625,-75.209550 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+Article about this piece by Martha Rosso
+phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Francis Edwin Elwell page
+wikipedia.org Clark Park page
Philadelphia and the Schuylkill River
Steve Sears of Sears IronWorks (Fabricator),
Anthony Walmsley,
1994
* quotes from Charles Dickens,
John P. Shelden,
Frances Trollope
and
Mark Twain
* signs,
sheep,
locomotive,
machines and tools,
basket and barrel,
buildings,
maps,
plants,
food,
benches
with quotes
* An outdoor history exhibit with artistic elements funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Images and objects are cast from originals in the collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Franklin Institute, the Hagley Museum and Library, and the New Jersey State Museum.
* inscription:
benches:
"The Water Works...are no less Ornamental than Useful,
being Tastefully Laid Out as a Public Garden..."
-Charles Dickens
"I Passed Along the Pavement by the
Pump-House... I went in.
I saw Immense Water-Wheels.."
-Mark Twain (1853) Missouri
"The Celebrated Works on the Schuylkill,
by which the Water of the River is Raised
...are Beyond Praise"
-John P. Shelden (1825) Michigan
"But interesting[?] and Curious as this
Machinery is, it is, In Truth, One of the
Prettiest Spots the Eye can look upon."
-Frances Trollope (1830) England
* Water Works.
Esplanade Walkway, Schuylkill Banks, North of the Spring Garden Bridge.
* 39.965325,-75.183450 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: Mass Transit
* See also:
+Fairmount Water Works Esplande Walkway Exhibits: final report, 1994 at noaa.gov
+wikipedia.org's Frances Milton Trollope page
+wikipedia.org's Mark Twain page
+fairmountwaterworks.org
