Dr. William Pepper, (sculpture).

Dr. William Pepper, (sculpture).

Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.

A. T. Lorme & E. Aubry, founder.

Dr. William Pepper, (sculpture).

Doctor William Pepper Memorial Provost (1881-1894), (sculpture).

William Pepper, (sculpture).

Commissioned April 20,1894. Cast 1896. Dedicated Dec. 19, 1899.

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Figure: bronze with patina; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 11 in.

KARL BITTER A. T. LORME (Front of base, on bronze plaque:) WILLIAM/PEPPER/M. D. LL. D./PROVOST OF THE/UNIVERSITY/OF/PENNSYLVANIA/1881 - 1894 (Back of base, on bronze plaque:) As provost he established the following University Departments The Wharton School of Finance and Economy The University Library The Biological Department The Graduate Department for Women The Department of Philosophy The Department of Hygiene The Veterinary Department The Department of Architecture The Training School for Nurses The Nistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology The Department of Physical Education The William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine The Department of Archeology and Paleontology and the following Public Institutions were his creations The Free Library of Philadelphia The Free Museum of Science and Art The Philadelphia Museums You and I must pass away but these things will last (East side of base, on bronze plaque:) There will be sleeping enough in the grave (West side of base, on bronze plaque:) All things exist in the man tinged with the manners of his soul. signed Founder's mark appears.

Seated figure of William Pepper. His head is slightly tilted to his proper right side. He wears academic robe.

Portrait male -- Pepper, William -- Full length

Occupation -- Education

Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor

Occupation -- Writer

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Located University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1955 Courtyard, South of College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

The sculpture was commisioned on April 26, 1894, and was accepted by the committee in 1891. It was originally installed in a garden at the University. Bitter designed the base with bronze reliefs on all four sides. A second version of this figure was cast for the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1926.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5129, 1989.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

University of Pennsylvania, University Archives, 1970.

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 206.

Monumental News (Dec. 1894): pg. 600.

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 206.

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