Honor Arresting the Triumph of Death, (sculpture).

Honor Arresting the Triumph of Death, (sculpture).

Connelly, Pierce Francis, 1841-1932, sculptor.

Honor Arresting the Triumph of Death, (sculpture).

A figure wearing a crown, riding a horse, wrestles with a second figure in a helmet. The figure on the horse raises his proper left hand which is grabbed by the second figure's proper left hand. Beneath these figures are two other men shunning away from the conflict.

Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude

Allegory -- Other -- Triumph

Allegory -- Death

Figure group -- Male -- Nude

Connelly, Pierce Francis,

Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

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

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 86, 87.

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