Samuel Gross (Calder)
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| Artist | Alexander Stirling Calder |
|---|---|
| Year | 1897 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Location | Philadelphia |
| 39°56′53″N 75°09′30″W / 39.94806°N 75.15825°WCoordinates: 39°56′53″N 75°09′30″W / 39.94806°N 75.15825°W | |
| Owner | Thomas Jefferson University |
Samuel Gross is a bronze statue by Alexander Stirling Calder as a tribute to Samuel D. Gross, an American surgeon. It is located in Sidney and Ethal Lubert Plaza, on the North side of Locust Street, East of 11th Street, Philadelphia.[1]
It was completed in 1897, and dedicated by president William McKinley,[2] in the Smithsonian Park of the U.S. Capitol on a pedestal appropriated by the U.S. Congress.[3]
In April 1970, it was relocated to the campus of Thomas Jefferson University in Center City Philadelphia. [4]
The inscription reads:
JABOEUF & BEZOUT FONDEURS A PARIS
(Sculpture, lower proper left side:)
CALDER
(Base, front:)
American Physicians have erected
this statue to commemorate great deeds
of a man who made such an impression
on American surgery that it has served
1897 signed Founder's mark appears.
[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.philart.net/person.php?id=45
- ↑ "Personal". The New York Times. May 2, 1897.
- ↑ "Statue of Dr. Samuel D. Gross". Baltimore Sun. May 5, 1897. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
... the unveiling of the statue of Mrs Horwltz's father Dr Samuel D Gross The statue has been recently erected in the grounds of the Smlthsonlan Institution ...
- ↑ http://jdc.jefferson.edu/campus_art_TJU/4/
- ↑ "Dr. Samuel Gross, (sculpture). SIRIS