Bureau Brothers Foundry
Bureau Brothers Foundry was a foundry established by two French immigrants, Achille and Edouard Bureau, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the 1870s. It was one of America's premier art foundries for many years, and cast works by some of the nation's leading sculptors.
In 1892, the foundry was located at the west corner of 21st Street and Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia.[1]
By 1913, it had moved to the southeast corner of 23rd and Westmoreland Streets in North Philadelphia.[2]
In the late 20th century, the long-idled North Philadelphia building was used by a piano tuner to hold more than 200 pianos over two decades. In 2013, the building was taken over by Philadelphia Salvage, an architectural salvage company.[3]
Works
| Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major General George Henry Thomas |  | John Quincy Adams Ward | 1879 | Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. | Bronze | 16 feet (4.9 m) | National Park Service[4] | |
The Puritan (Springfield) |  | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1887 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Bronze | |||
Dickens and Little Nell |  | Francis Edwin Elwell | 1890 | Philadelphia | 39°56′55″N 75°12′34″W / 39.94860°N 75.20944°W / 39.94860; -75.20944 (Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)) | Bronze | City of Philadelphia | |
| 42nd New York Infantry Memorial |  | John J. Boyle | 1891 | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Bronze | |||
General Ulysses S. Grant (French) |  | Daniel Chester French & Edward Clark Potter | 1898 | Kelly Drive | 39°58′51″N 75°11′52″W / 39.98080°N 75.19787°W / 39.98080; -75.19787 (General Ulysses S. Grant (French)) | Bronze | 174 in | City of Philadelphia[5][6][7] |
John L. Burns |  | Albert George Bureau (b. 1871; likely related to the Bureau Brothers) | 1903 | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Bronze | |||
| Coming of the White Man[8] | Hermon Atkins MacNeil | 1904 | Washington Park in Portland, Oregon | Bronze | ||||
| Statue of General Wayne |  | Henry Kirk Bush-Brown | 1907 | Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania | Bronze | 168 inches tall | ||
Lincoln Statue | W. Granville Hastings | 1918 | Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa | 42°00′56″N 94°22′27″W / 42.01542°N 94.37409°W / 42.01542; -94.37409 (Lincoln Statue (Jefferson, Iowa)) | Bronze | Lifesize | Greene County, Iowa[9] | |
Thorfinn Karlsefni |  | Einar Jonsson | 1920 | Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bronze | 88 inches tall | ||
Nuns of the Battlefield[10][11] |  | Jerome Connor | 1924 | Civil War Nurses Memorial, 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. | 38°54′21″N 77°02′25″W / 38.90580°N 77.04024°W / 38.90580; -77.04024 (Civil War Nurses Memorial) | Bronze | Lifesize |
Notes
^ 1892 advertisement
^ 1913 Bureau Brothers advertisement
^ Paynter, Kimberly (July 29, 2013). "Philadelphia Salvage company takes over foundry with 200 'orphan' pianos". Newsworks. Philadelphia. WHYY. Retrieved 29 July 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Major General George Henry Thomas, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
^ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Philadelphia Survey. "General Ulysses S. Grant, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
^ "General Ulysses S. Grant Philadelphia —". Visitphilly.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
^ "35. General Ulysses S. Grant (1897) - TOUR 3: Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive - brought to you by Juncanoo". Exhibit.juncanoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
^ "Washington Park, Portland, Oregon / History". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ Rebecca Conard. "Lincoln Statue" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
^ Fieldguide to U.S. Public Monuments and Memorials :: Monument Detail
^ Civil War Nurses Memorial (Nuns of the Battlefield) (ca. 1924) SE of DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. by Jerome Connor located in James M. Goode's Connecticut Avenue area
External links
- 119 Bureau Brothers works catalogued by the Smithsonian Institution
- 2013 photos of the North Philadelphia building
