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Eagles, (sculpture). Artist:  Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor. Title:  Eagles, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1903-1904. Installed 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: pink Milford granite; Base: stone. Dimensions:  4 eagles. Each: H. 60 in. W. 72 in.; Base: W. 72 in. (5,500 lbs.). Description:  Four eagles with wings spread are installed one on each of the four corners of the Market Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River. The bases are adorned with carved lion heads and drapery. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Located Market Street Bridge, between 24 & 26th streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Formerly located Pennsylvania Station, Roof, New York, New York until 1963. Remarks:  These eagles were once part of twenty-two eagles of various sizes carved by Weinman for exterior of New York's Pennsylvania Station designed by McKim, Mead & White and built ca. 1903-1910. Weinman carved fourteen Milford pink granite eagles, each weighing 5,500 lbs., for the roof. He also carved another eight smaller eagles of made of Knoxville marble. When the station was demolished between 1963 and 1965, the Pennsylvania Railroad gave four of the large granite eagles to the Fairmount Park Art Association. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. City of Philadelphia, 1973. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 221. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 25, 210. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 221. Related Works:  Related to: NJ000032. Related to: 08700013. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75009398   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009398 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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