Metadata
Title
William Penn
Creator
Alexander Milne Calder
Date
2009
Description
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.
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
8.5" H (including wood base)
Provenance
Gift of Hyman Myers, FAIA and Sandra K. Myers
Collection
Myers Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
2016.06.41
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html