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Person: William Shakespeare
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 Alexander von Humboldt 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
+wikipdedia.org's William of Sens page
+drexel.edu
Shakespeare Memorial
Alexander Stirling Calder,
1928
* Memorial to William Shakespeare
* people,
sitting and lying
* inscription:
All the World's A Stage, and All the Men and Women merely players.
* North side of Logan Square.
19th and the Parkway.
* 39.958750,-75.171200 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1930 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page
Aero Memorial
Paul Manship,
1950
* Quotes from and in honor of Julian Biddle,
Richard Foulke Day,
Norton Downs, Jr.,
John Drinkwater,
Carl Christian Glanz,
William Besse Kuen,
Stephen Phillips,
William Shakespeare,
Stephen Spender
and
Henry Howard Houston Woodward
* small
reclining person,
birds,
celestial globe
* The surrounding inscribed walls and benches are also part of the memorial.
* inscription:
pillar: Aero Memorial, World War I, 1917-1918
walls:
To the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in action
Thou hast caught splendour from the sailless sea, and mystery from
many stars outwatched. - Stephen Phillips
Master and Maker, God of right the soldier dead are at thy gate who
kept the spears of honour bright and freedom's house inviolate.
-John Drinkwater
Born of the sun they traveled a short while toward the sun, and left
the vivid air signed with their honor. - Stephen Spender
Death makes no conquest of the conqueror for now he lives in fame
though not in life. -William Shakespeare
* Aviator Park. East side of 20th St. between Race and the Parkway.
* 39.958090,-75.172060 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
War
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+Another of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Paul Manship page
+uswarmemorials.com Julian Biddle page
+findagrave.com's Richard Foulk Day page
+findagrave.com's Norton Downs, Jr. page
+wikipedia.org's John Drinkwater page
+uswarmemorials.org Carl Christian Glanz page
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Phillips page
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Spender page
+
pafa.org page for Violet Oakley's 1921 painting Henry Howard Houston Woodward
