Coadministered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103
Located Rittenhouse Square 19th & Walnut Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103
Date:
1832. Cast 1889-1891. Dedicated 1893
Notes:
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 30-35.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 195.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 35.
(Sculpture, just below snake:) BARYE/1832/CH.G./F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur/Paris (Base, circular plaque:) PRESENTED 1893/FAIRMOUNT.PARK.ART.ASSOCIATION signed founder's mark appears
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Summary:
A snarling lion crouches over a snake which he has pinned down under his proper right paw. The sculpture rests on a three-tiered oval base.
