Bureau Brothers Foundry Explained

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

TitleImageArtistYearLocationCoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwner
Major General George Henry ThomasJohn Quincy Adams Ward1879Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.BronzeNational Park Service[4]
Monument to the N.Y. Vols. 107[5] 1881Elmira, New YorkBronze
The Silent Sentry1883Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBronze Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States[6]
Orestes and Pylades (from original by Carl Johann Steinhäuser)[7] 1884Oxford Street Entrance to Fairmount ParkBronze
The Puritan (Springfield)1887Springfield, MassachusettsBronze
Dickens and Little Nell1890Clark Park, West Philadelphia39.9486°N -75.2094°WBronze City of Philadelphia
42nd New York Infantry MemorialJohn J. Boyle1891Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaBronze
General Ulysses S. Grant (French)Daniel Chester French & Edward Clark Potter1898Kelly Drive39.9808°N -75.1979°WBronze174 inCity of Philadelphia[8] [9] [10]
John L. Burns (b. 1871; likely related to the Bureau Brothers)1903Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaBronze
Coming of the White Man[11] 1904Washington Park in Portland, OregonBronze
Statue of General WayneHenry Kirk Bush-Brown1907Valley Forge National Historical Park, PennsylvaniaBronze168 inches tall
Lincoln StatueW. Granville Hastings1918Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa42.0154°N -94.3741°WBronzeLifesize Greene County, Iowa[12]
Thorfinn KarlsefniEinar Jónsson1920Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBronze88 inches tall
Nuns of the Battlefield[13] [14] 1924Civil War Nurses Memorial, 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.38.9058°N -77.0402°WBronzeLifesize

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1892 advertisement . 2024-02-27 . 2024-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227203548/https://books.google.com/books?id=vIdMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22bureau+brothers%22+philadelphia&pg=PA92-IA8#v=onepage&q=%22bureau%20brothers%22%20philadelphia&f=false . live .
  2. Web site: 1913 Bureau Brothers advertisement . 2024-02-27 . 2024-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227203715/https://books.google.com/books?id=-X9NAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22bureau+brothers%22+bronze&pg=PA417#v=onepage&q=%22bureau%20brothers%22%20bronze&f=false . live .
  3. News: Philadelphia Salvage company takes over foundry with 200 'orphan' pianos . https://archive.today/20130729164524/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/57669-philadelphia-salvage-company-takes-over-foundry-with-200-orphan-pianos-photos . dead . July 29, 2013 . Newsworks . July 29, 2013 . WHYY . 29 July 2013 . Paynter, Kimberly . Philadelphia .
  4. Web site: Major General George Henry Thomas, (sculpture) . Smithsonian Institution . November 22, 2014 . November 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129150535/http://collections.si.edu/search/record/siris_ari_18948 . live .
  5. Web site: Civil War Monument - Elmira, NY . Waymarking . 14 July 2019 . 14 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714175327/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQAKV_Civil_War_Monument_Elmira_NY . live .
  6. Web site: "Silent Sentry" historic Civil War memorial statue moved to Laurel Hill Cemetery . www.montgomerynews.com . The Review . 25 July 2020 . 25 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200725180935/https://www.montgomerynews.com/roxreview/communities/silent-sentry-historic-civil-war-memorial-statue-moved-to-laurel-hill-cemetery/article_e8759d1a-a7e3-5070-96b9-807fef666b2b.html . live .
  7. Book: Pohlsander . Hans A. . German Monuments in the Americas: Bonds Across the Atlantic . 1 January 2010 . Peter Lang . 123 . 9783034301381 . 3 October 2020 . 27 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227203644/https://books.google.com/books?id=6kCDYByxCSYC&pg=PA123#v=onepage&q&f=false . live .
  8. Web site: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Philadelphia Survey . General Ulysses S. Grant, (sculpture) . SIRIS . Smithsonian Institution . June 8, 2011 . September 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920011158/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130C8519I432V.10666&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!15601~!1&ri=20&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=General+Ulysses+S.+Grant+French+&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=20&limitbox_1=LO01+=+ias#focus . live .
  9. Web site: General Ulysses S. Grant Philadelphia — . Visitphilly.com . 2013-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214085318/http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/general-ulysses-s.-grant/ . 2013-02-14 . dead .
  10. Web site: 35. General Ulysses S. Grant (1897) - TOUR 3: Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive - brought to you by Juncanoo . Exhibit.juncanoo.com . 2013-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326014007/http://exhibit.juncanoo.com/p/tour-3--boathouse-row-and-kelly-drive/35--general-ulysses-s--grant--1897-/ . 2012-03-26 .
  11. Web site: Washington Park, Portland, Oregon / History. 4 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120222191155/http://www.washingtonparkpdx.org/art.htm. 22 February 2012.
  12. Web site: Lincoln Statue. 2016-02-23. National Park Service. Rebecca Conard. 2015-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927020008/http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64500168.pdf. live.
  13. Web site: Fieldguide to U.S. Public Monuments and Memorials :: Monument Detail . 2012-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170511022710/http://www.monumentsandmemorials.com/report.php?id=1723&function=&level=extended#table-7 . 2017-05-11 . dead .
  14. Web site: 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 . 2012-04-04 . 2012-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226175656/http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001660.htm . live .

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