art.wikisort.org - SculptureA bronze statue of a seated Benjamin Franklin by John J. Boyle is installed at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in front of College Hall, on Locust Walk, between 34th and 36th Streets,[1] and is one of three statues of Franklin on the campus.
Statue outside College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Statue of Benjamin Franklin |
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Artist | John J. Boyle |
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Year | 1896–1899 |
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Type | Bronze |
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Dimensions | 230 cm × 130 cm × 150 cm (90 in × 53 in × 59 in) |
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Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Coordinates | 39°57′7″N 75°11′37.25″W |
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Owner | University of Pennsylvania |
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Details
It was commissioned by department store founder Justus C. Strawbridge in 1896, as a gift to the City of Philadelphia. It was cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York, and installed in 1899 in front of Philadelphia's Main Post Office, at 9th and Chestnut Streets.[2] Benjamin Franklin was the first United States Postmaster General. The granite pedestal was designed by architect Frank Miles Day. Its inscription quotes President George Washington's eulogy of Franklin:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1706–1790
VENERATED
FOR BENEVOLENCE
ADMIRED FOR TALENTS
ESTEEMED FOR PATRIOTISM
BELOVED FOR
PHILANTHROPY
WASHINGTON
(On back of pedestal):
PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BY JUSTUS C STRAWBRIDGE 1899
(On back of statue):
JOHN J. BOYLE 1899
HENRY-BONNARD BRONZE CO FOUNDERS NY 1899
GIFT OF JUSTUS C STRAWBRIDGE
A signed Founder's mark also appears on the back of the statue.[3]
In 1938, when the Post Office was razed, the City gave the statue on permanent loan to the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin played a major role in establishing the university. It was relocated to the Penn campus, and rededicated on January 21, 1939.
It was cleaned and reinstalled in 1980.
Replica
A copy of the statue was given by the New England Society to France in 1906. It is located at the Trocadéro in Paris.
Gallery
The statue in its original location outside the Main Post Office, Philadelphia,
c. 1906
The cast in Paris
See also
References
External links
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- President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788)
- Ambassador to France (1779–1785)
- Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)
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Founding of the United States |
- Join, or Die. (1754 political cartoon)
- Albany Plan of Union
- Hutchinson Letters Affair
- Committee of Secret Correspondence
- Committee of Five
- Declaration of Independence
- Model Treaty
- Franco-American alliance
- Treaty of Amity and Commerce
- Treaty of Alliance
- Staten Island Peace Conference
- 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution
- Libertas Americana
- Treaty of Paris, 1783
- Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention
- Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
- Postmaster General
- Founding Fathers
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Inventions, other events |
- Franklin's electrostatic machine
- Bifocals
- Franklin stove
- Glass armonica
- Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart
- Lightning rod
- Kite experiment
- Pay it forward
- Associators
- Junto club
- American Philosophical Society
- Library Company of Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Academy and College of Philadelphia
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Contributionship
- Union Fire Company
- Early American currency
- Continental Currency dollar coin
- Fugio cent
- United States Postal Service
- Street lighting
- President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society
- Master, Les Neuf Sœurs
- Gravesite
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Writings |
- Founders Online
- Silence Dogood letters (1722)
- A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725)
- The Busy-Body columns (1729)
- The Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790)
- Early American publishers and printers
- Poor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758)
- The Drinker's Dictionary (1737)
- "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745)
- "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747)
- Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751)
- Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751)
- Birch letters (1755)
- The Way to Wealth (1758)
- Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767)
- Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773)
- Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775)
- A Letter to a Royal Academy (1781)
- Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784)
- "The Morals of Chess" (1786)
- An Address to the Public (1789)
- A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789)
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–1790, pub. 1791)
- Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845)
- Franklin as a journalist
- Franklin's phonetic alphabet
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Legacy | |
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Related |
- Age of Enlightenment
- American Enlightenment
- The New-England Courant
- The American Museum magazine
- American Revolution
- Syng inkstand
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Family |
- Deborah Read (wife)
- William Franklin (son)
- Francis Franklin (son)
- Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter)
- William Franklin (grandson)
- Benjamin F. Bache (grandson)
- Louis F. Bache (grandson)
- Richard Bache Jr. (grandson)
- Andrew Harwood (great-grandson)
- Alexander Bache (great-grandson)
- Josiah Franklin (father)
- James Franklin (brother)
- Jane Mecom (sister)
- Mary Morrell Folger (grandmother)
- Peter Folger (grandfather)
- Richard Bache (son-in-law)
- Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)
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University of Pennsylvania |
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Schools |
- Arts and Sciences
- College
- Graduate Division
- Liberal and Professional Studies
- Communication
- Dental Medicine
- Design
- Education
- Engineering and Applied Science
- Law
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Social Policy and Practice
- Veterinary Medicine
- Wharton
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Programs |
- Advanced Judaic Studies
- Government
- Global Communication Studies
- Mediterranean Art and Archaeology
- International Studies and Business
- Management and Technology
- Lauder Institute
- Health Economics
- Networked and Social Systems Engineering
- Molecular Life Science
- Public Policy
- Diplomacy and Global Engagement
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Places |
- University City
- Annenberg Center
- College Hall
- College Houses
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory
- Fisher Fine Arts Library
- Historic District
- Houston Hall
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Irvine Auditorium
- Kelly Writers House
- Meyerson Hall
- Moore School
- Morris Arboretum
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- New Bolton Center
- Penn Park
- Perelman Quadrangle
- The Quadrangle
- Richards Laboratories
- Van Pelt Library
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Athletics | |
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Media |
- The Daily Pennsylvanian
- 34th Street Magazine
- Under the Button
- Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
- Penn Press
- Wharton School Publishing
- WQHS
- WXPN
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Life |
- Student life
- Mask and Wig
- Glee Club
- Masala
- MERT
- Philomathean Society
- Penn Club
- "Hail, Pennsylvania!"
- "The Red and Blue"
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People |
- President: Amy Gutmann
- Notable alumni and faculty
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