Details
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895, copyright holder.
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895, sculptor.
Title The monument to liberty to be erected in Independence Square, Philadelphia, designed by William W. Story. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter lith
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph tinted with one stone; 36 x 49 cm. (14.25 x 19.25 in.)
Description View showing an unexecuted monument commissioned by the citizen's group National Commemoration Monument Association and designed by sculptor William Wetmore Story for the re-landscaping of the square for the Centennial celebration of 1876. Shows the figure of Liberty standing upon a column adorned with female allegorical figures; an eagle encircled by stars; fearsome animal heads; and floral ornaments. The monument was to be placed in the center of the square at the intersection of the main paths. In 1876, the committee asked to and was allowed to be released from a city ordinance, passed in March 1875, that required them to raise $50,000 for the erection of the monument and the project effort apparently dissolved.
Is referenced by Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 214
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 483
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 632 S 888
Subject Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Liberty.
Geographic subject Independence Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895, sculptor.
Printer Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895, copyright holder.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 632 S 888