Artwork Details
- Title
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Artist
- Giuseppe Donato (1881 – 1965)
- Year
- 1946
- Medium
- Bronze, on granite base
- Dimensions
- Height 8'4″, width 2'6", depth 2' (base height 6'7″, width 4'2", depth 4'2")
Artwork Description
An Irish immigrant, Thomas Fitzsimons founded a major trading company that provided supplies and funds to American forces during the Revolutionary War. A signer of the U.S. Constitution, he served three terms in Congress. The Society of the Friends of St. Patrick erected this bronze memorial. The statue stands near Don Diego de Gardoqui in Sister Cities Park.
Artwork Credits
Commissioned by the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick
Owned by the City of Philadelphia
Artwork Media
Museum Without Walls
Voices:
FLORINDA DOELP is the granddaughter of Giuseppe Donato, who created the sculpture of Thomas Fitzsimons. She lives in Philadelphia in a home filled with work by her grandfather.
DANIEL ROLPH is an historian for The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Senior Lecturer in history at Montgomery County Community College. He has studied the life of Don Diego de Gardoqui.
JOHN CARR was the Founding Principal Conservator of Materials Conservation, a preservation firm that was based in Philadelphia. He worked on the conservation of the sculpture of Don Diego de Gardoqui.
Producer: Alex Gallafent