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Dublin Core
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Title
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Sculpture Collection
Description
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The Athenaeum’s Sculpture Collection comprises a variety of European and American works in marble, bronze, plaster and ceramic, dating mostly from the 19th century. A variety of historical literary, mythological, ancient classical, political, military, arts and science figures are represented.
Additional sculptures relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and his family may be viewed online in the Athenaeum's Featured Collection, "Bonaparte Collection."
Physical Object
An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types.
Dublin Core
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Title
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William Penn
Creator
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Alexander Milne Calder
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009
Description
An account of the resource
Small replica of Alexander Milne Calder's sculpture of William Penn, attached to a wood block base. Bottom of the base is stamped "ACADEMY OF MUSIC OF PHILADELPHIA."
The full size version of this sculpture is a 37-foot high, 27-ton bronze figure of William Penn (1644 - 1718) atop Philadelphia's City Hall. English colonist William Penn, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The figure of Penn wears colonial garb, with his right hand extended gracefully, and a copy of the Charter of Pennsylvania in his left hand.
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
8.5" H (including wood base)
Provenance
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Gift of Hyman Myers, FAIA and Sandra K. Myers
Is Part Of
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Myers Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
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2016.06.41
Rights
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http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Calder
Penn
Philadelphia
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Sculpture Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Athenaeum’s Sculpture Collection comprises a variety of European and American works in marble, bronze, plaster and ceramic, dating mostly from the 19th century. A variety of historical literary, mythological, ancient classical, political, military, arts and science figures are represented.
Additional sculptures relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and his family may be viewed online in the Athenaeum's Featured Collection, "Bonaparte Collection."
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
William Penn
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Alexander Milne Calder
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1886
Description
An account of the resource
Plaster maquette (small scale model) of the final version for the 37-foot high, 27-ton bronze figure of William Penn (1644 - 1718) atop Philadelphia's City Hall, by Alexander Milne Calder (Scottish-American, 1846-1923). English colonist William Penn, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The full length figure of Penn wears colonial garb, with his right hand extended gracefully, and a copy of the Charter of Pennsylvania in his left hand.
Extent
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28.5" H
Medium
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Bronze
Provenance
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Gift of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Is Part Of
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General Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
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1997.M03.01
Rights
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http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Calder
Penn
Philadelphia