Robert Morris, (sculpture).

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Robert Morris, (sculpture).

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, sculptor.

J. Arthur Limerick Company, founder.

Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver.

Robert Morris, (sculpture).

1923. Cast 1925. Dedicated June 18, 1926. Relocated 1961.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble or limestone.

Sculpture: approx. 120 x 48 x 48 in.; Base: approx. 78 x 96 x 102 in.

(Sculpture, lower proper right edge:) Paul W. Bartlett Sc. (Sculpture, rear right side:) J. Arthur Limerick Co./Founders . Balto. (Base, front:) ROBERT MORRIS/PATRIOT.STATESMAN.FINANCIER/1734-1806 signed Founder's mark appears.

Portrait of Robert Morris facing north toward the Second Bank building. He is depicted making his way through the snow during his mission to raise funds for Washington's troops at Valley Forge. He walks with his proper right foot forward. He is dressed in a heavy, double-breasted overcoat with a double row of flaps over his shoulders. Ruffled shirt cuffs can be seen sticking out from the sleeves of his coat. He has a tri-cornered hat on his head and his long hair is pulled back in a pony tail. He clutches a roll of papers to his chest with his proper left hand and holds a walking stick out at his side with his proper right hand. In his proper left coat pocket is a scroll representing the $1,400,000 subscription list he obtained in order to help Americans win at Yorktown.

Portrait male -- Morris, Robert -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- Statesman

Occupation -- Monetary -- Financier

Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Independence National Historical Park, 313 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Located Second Bank of the United States, South of bank at 4th & Walnut streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A memorial committee formed in 1897 by the Welshmen of South Wales and the Bankers' Association of Pennsylvania raised 10,000 dollars by 1911. The state legislature contributed another 21,000 dollars. In 1915, the Fairmount Park Art Association awarded the contract to artist Richard E. Brooks, but when he died two years later, the commission went to Bartlett who created his own original sculpture after studied up Robert Morris for the next year. The statue was completed shortly before Bartlett's death. Piccirilli Brothers carved the base. The sculpture was originally located on the Chestnut Street steps of the Second Bank of the United States, but was moved to its current site in 1961.

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. 282.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 282.

For model see: 08580102.

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