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Benbridge, Henry (American painter, 1743-1812)
According to a prophecy, the Greeks could not take Troy without Achilles, but he was doomed to die in that war. Achilles' mother Thetis therefore sent…
Rush, William (American sculptor, 1756-1833)
The Schuylkill River is shown as a classical river god whose chains symbolize the control of the river by the Fairmount Dam and Water Works.
Ceracchi, Giuseppe (Italian sculptor, 1751-1802)
Cerracchi faciebat, Philadelphia, 1795 (on back of column).
Fletcher, Thomas (American silversmith, 1787-1866); Gardiner, Sidney (American silversmith, died 1827)
One of a pair.
engraved on plaque in front of base: The Merchants of Pearl Street, New York / TO THE HON. DEWITT CLINTON / Whose claim to the proud…
engraved on plaque in front of base: The Merchants of Pearl Street, New York / TO THE HON. DEWITT CLINTON / Whose claim to the proud…
Neagle, John (American painter, 1796-1865)
Portrait
This half-length portrait depicts Strickland, architect of Philadelphia's Second Bank of the United States, Merchants' Exchange, and United States…
Peale, Charles Willson (American painter, 1741-1827)
"During his first term as President, in March 1803, Thomas Jefferson appointed Benjamin Latrobe Surveyor of Public Buildings. It may have been in…
Krimmel, John L. (American painter of German birth, 1786-1821)
John Lewis Krimmel emigrated from his native Germany to Philadelphia in 1810. At first he supported himself by painting portraits and teaching drawing…
Eakins, Thomas (American painter, photographer, and sculptor, 1844-1916)
Oil sketch of Phidias studying horses and riders from the life for the Parthenon frieze.
Peale, Rembrandt (American painter, 1778-1860)
One of a series of at least 79 portraits of Washington painted by Rembrandt Peale, only one of them from life. In this "porthole" style painting…