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Sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett

Robert Morris is a bronze statue by Paul Wayland Bartlett commemorating American Revolution financier and statesman Robert Morris. It is located at Independence Hall, on 4th Street and Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

It was dedicated on June 18, 1926, at the Second Bank of the United States on Chestnut Street, but was relocated in 1961.

The inscription reads:

(Sculpture, lower proper right edge:)
Paul W. Bartlett Sc.
(Sculpture, rear right side:)
J. Arthur Limerick Co.
Founders . Balto.
(Base, front:)

ROBERT MORRIS

PATRIOT.STATESMAN.FINANCIER

1734–1806

signed Founder's mark appears.

References

v t e Paul Wayland Bartlett
Sculptures	Apotheosis of Democracy (1916) Sir William Blackstone (1920) Robert Morris (1923) Eternal Light Flagstaff (1924)
Related	Truman Howe Bartlett (father)

v t e Robert Morris
United States Senator, Pennsylvania, 1789–1795 Superintendent of Finance of the United States, 1781–1784 Second Continental Congress, 1775–1778
United States Founding events	Financier of the American Revolution Signed, Declaration of Independence Signed, Articles of Confederation Signed, United States Constitution 1776 Model Treaty Committee of Secret Correspondence, Second Continental Congress Chairman, Pennsylvania Committee of Safety U.S. Superintendent of Finance Agent of the Marine Bank of North America Nova Constellatio Philadelphia as U.S. capital city, 1790–1800 Residence Act President's House
Other events	Willing, Morris & Co. (Slavery) Use of the dollar sign Newburgh Conspiracy Empress of China merchant ship Old China Trade Phelps and Gorham Purchase
Life	Early life Summerseat home 1788 U.S. Senate election Panic of 1796–97 Christ Church, Philadelphia, burial site
Legacy	Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania Robert Morris University, Illinois Robert Morris statue, Philadelphia Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Heald Square Monument, Chicago Mount Morris, New York village dam Morrisville, Pennsylvania USS Morris Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Related	Thomas Morris (son) Founding Fathers Thomas Willing Haym Salomon Betsy Ross flag USS Alfred

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