The Washington Grays Monument was initiated in 1871 by Edward N. Benson, who donated $2,000 for the erection of “a granite monument in a proper place to the memory of the gallant comrades who fell in the war for the union.”
The National Park Service engaged the Philadelphia architectural firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (formerly Venturi and Rauch) to develop a plan to convert Benjamin Franklin’s properties into a memorial.
Francesco Lazzarini’s Benjamin Franklin was Philadelphia’s very first public monument.
Of the many sculptures at the Philadelphia Zoo, The Dying Lioness is one of the best known. The model for the sculpture won first prize at the Vienna International Exhibition in 1873.
Laurel Hill Cemetery was founded in 1836 as a nonsectarian alternative to Philadelphia’s crowded, inner-city churchyards of the early nineteenth century. The work of noted sculptors and architects adorn the grounds.
Commissioned by the Pennsylvania Freemasons for their 250th anniversary, artist Joseph Brown designed a larger than life-size sculpture of Benjamin Franklin.
Acquired by aPA for the International Sculpture Garden, the carved stone spouts and lintel are characteristic of ritual bathing pools inside Hindu and Buddhist temples.
A Prussian military expert, Friedrich von Steuben joined the American forces as inspector general in 1778. After assisting with the troops at Valley Forge, von Steuben led his own command in the siege of Yorktown.
Originally commissioned by a Washington newspaper publisher, the sculpture pays tribute to the heroine of “The Old Curiosity Shop.”