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In "The Schuylkill Freed" the Schuylkill River is represented as an allegorical male figure with a chain wrapped around both arms. He is reclining on a group of rocks with water flowing all around him. In "The Schuylkill Freed" the Schuylkill River is represented by an allegorical female figure seated next to a water wheel.




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Medium: Fiberglass
Artist: William Rush
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: 640 Waterworks Drive (West side of Philadelphia Museum of Art) Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number PA001130also control # PA001129 (dcMem ID #6567 )

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Schuylkill Chained & The Schuylkill Freed sculptures at the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by William Rush

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