Anthony J. Drexel is a bronze statue by Moses Jacob Ezekiel

Moses Jacob Ezekiel

Moses Jacob Ezekiel was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome for the majority of his career. In the American Civil War, he was a highly-decorated soldier in the Confederate States Army.-Biography:...

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It is located at 32nd Street and Market Street, Philadelphia.

It was dedicated on June 17, 1905, at Belmont and Lansdowne Avenues.
It was relocated to Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

, in December 1966, and again in 2003.

The inscription reads:

(Sculpture, proper right front, on oriental carpet near base:)

M. Ezekiel

(Base, front:)

ANTHONY J. DREXEL

A SON OF PHILADELPHIA WHO

DID HONOR TO HIS NATIVE CITY

BY THE UPRIGHTNESS OF HIS

LIFE HIS INTEGRITY AS A

GREAT FINANCIER AND HIS

GENEROUS INTEREST

IN THE PUBLIC

WELFARE

(Base, left side:)

FOUNDER OF THE DREXEL

1826 1893

(Base, rear:)

INSTITUTE OF ART

PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS

OF PHILADELPHIA BY HIS FRIEND JOHN H. HARJES

1904

(Base, right side:)

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

1826 1893 signed

External links

• http://www.philart.net/artist.php?id=197