“The spirit of transportation is represented by a triumphal procession of progress led by a little child carrying a model of an airship, a prophetic vision of a mode of transportation to come.”
relocated from PRR’s Broad Street Station, where it was installed in 1895.
http://quirkyberkeley.com/philadelphia-relief-digression/
The work is painted plaster, not terra cotta. One of my favorite sculptures in Philadelphia. Bitter has been an inspiration my whole career as a sculptor.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I don't remember why I said terra cotta.
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