''Robert Morris'' is a bronze statue by

Paul Wayland Bartlett Paul Wayland Bartlett (January 24, 1865 – September 20, 1925) was an American sculptor working in the Beaux-Arts tradition of heroic realism. Life Bartlett was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Truman Howe Bartlett, an art critic a ...

commemorating

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financier and statesman Robert Morris. It is located at

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, on 4th Street and Walnut Street,

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. It was dedicated on June 18, 1926, at the

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on Chestnut Street, but was relocated in 1961. The inscription reads: (Sculpture, lower

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edge:)
Paul W. Bartlett Sc.
(Sculpture, rear right side:)
J. Arthur Limerick Co.
Founders . Balto.
(Base, front:)
signed Founder's mark appears."Robert Morris, (sculpture)"
''SIRIS''

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*http://www.nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit/plaques-and-statues-in-the-park.htm *http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0006540.htm *http://www.philadelphiafaithandfreedom.com/robertmorrisstatue *https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2550222618/ Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia 1923 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Pennsylvania Independence National Historical Park Statues in Pennsylvania Sculptures of men in Pennsylvania 1920s establishments in Pennsylvania Monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania Relocated buildings and structures in Pennsylvania Statues of U.S. Founding Fathers {{public-art-stub

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