Administered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Located Fairmount Park West side of park near Horticultural Center on North Horticultural Drive Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
Dedicated July 4, 1876
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5105, 1989.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 84.
Monumental News, Aug. 1897, pg. 470.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1994.
Summary:
Standing portrait of Witherspoon dressed in a long jacket, buttoned vest, ruffle-necked shirt, knee britches, stocking, and shoes with large buckles. A long cape hangs down his back and his draped over his bent proper left arm. In his proper left hand he holds a scroll. His proper right arm is extended and his hand is open, palm facing up. His hair is long and he stare off to his proper right.
