View of the equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Photographer William Doering (left), Albert Lindsay (center) and an unidentified man stand in front of the monument with their bicycles. Other men admire the monument in the background. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts the monument at Green Street entrance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.34]
