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Person: Mercury

Mercury
William Rush, 1828 (approximate, restored and installed 2018)
* Statue of Mercury
* small standing person, winged helmet
* Unfortunately there's no good way to see this piece from the front.
* Pavilion roof. Anne d'Harnocourt Drive between the Spring Garden Bridge and the back steps of the Museum.
* 39.966085,-75.182900 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's William Rush page

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Beneficial Savings Fund Society Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect), 1916
* reliefs of Mercury and Venus
* small kneeling people, headgear, mirror, flaming torch, plants, birds
* East wall and North entrance. Thomas R. Kline Institute for Trial Advocacy. Southwest corner, 12th and Chestnut.
* 39.950350,-75.160250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Trumbauer page
+wikipedia.org's Venus page
+drexel.edu's Kline Institute page

See Also

+wikipedia.org's Mercury page