Administered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Located Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway West entrance Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19130
Date:
1883. Installed 1931
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 147.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 147.
W. W. STORY ROMA 1883 / J. ARTHUR LIMERICK CO/FOUNDERS-BALTO-MD (Base, east side:) PRESENTED TO THE/CITY OF PHILADELPHIA/BY JAMES M. BUCK/1931 (seal of the Fairmount Park Art Association) (Base, west side:) JOHN MARSHALL/CHIEF JUSTICE/OF THE UNITED STATES/1801-1835/AS SOLDIER HE FOUGHT THAT THE/NATION MIGHT COME INTO BEING/AS EXPOUNDER OF THE CONSTITUTION/HE GAVE IT LENGTH OF DAYS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Portrait of John Marshall dressed in long judicial robes seated in an arm chair. His proper right arm rests on the arm of the chair, palm open and facing upward. His proper right leg is crossed over his proper left leg. Marshall is depicted with short curly hair and he looks down slightly. The sculpture rests on a rectangular granite base.
