Cox, John Bellangee, 1839-1888
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Night, 1872-1874, 1962, 2022-2025
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the Fairmount Park Art Association's notification that the statue was complete and its request for acceptance and designation of a site, including a letter from Anthony J. Drexel to Morton McMichael (1872), and a letter to Theodore Cuyler regarding donor Edwin N. Benson's request to replace the pedestal inscription with the word 'Night' in small gilded letters (1872). Also includes the Second Annual Report of the Fairmount Park Art Association (1874) and a condition and...
Dates:
1872-1874; 1962; 2022-2025
Orestes and Pylades Fountain, 1884, 1962, 2004-2010
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1884; 1962; 2004-2010
Tam O'Shanter, 1878, 1924-1964, 2007
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence clarifying that the Tam O'Shanter sculpture group remains the property of the Franklin Institute and requesting the Fairmount Park Commission amend its 1877 resolution of acceptance to reflect that the sculptures are held in trust (1878), a 1942 report from Park Guard Superintendent William Long documenting damage caused by boys throwing stones, and correspondence documenting the sculptures' removal to storage near Horticultural Hall due to vandalism and the soft quality of...
Dates:
1878; 1924-1964; 2007
The Wrestlers, 1885-1997
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from John Bellangee Cox presenting reproductions of The Wrestlers and Silenus and the Infant Bacchus to the Fairmount Park Commission and notifying them of selected sites, and proposing a new pedestal and location for the Hudson Bay Wolves (1885). Also includes correspondence approving placement of The Wrestlers in front of Memorial Hall and the relocation of The Boxer to the interior of Memorial Hall (1951), a letter confirming the relocation of The Wrestlers from Lemon Hill...
Dates:
1885-1997
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- Clippings 3
- Agendas (administrative records) 1
- Annual Reports 1
- Hudson Bay Wolves Quarreling Over the Carcass of a Deer 1
- Night (sculpture) 1
- Orestes and Pylades Fountain 1
- Photographs 1
- Reports 1
- Reproductions 1
- Silenus and the Infant Bacchus 1
- Site plans 1
- Tam O'Shanter 1
- The Boxer (Pugilatore) 1
- The Wrestlers 1 ∧ less
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