Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tiger at Bay

1965

— Albino Manca (1898-1976) —

Tiger at Bay Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2022

1. Tiger at Bay Marker

Inscription. The artist, Sardinian-born Albino Manca, chose to represent this fierce and commanding cat posed in a defensive position — perhaps warding off its main predator and enemy — man. Albino Manca was a professor of art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and lived most of his career in New York. He exhibited this bronze sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1965, where it was purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association in 1966 and installed at ground level in a natural setting.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Arts, Letters, Music • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1965.

Location. 39° 58.098′ N, 75° 10.933′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It is on Kelly Drive 0.1 miles west of Fairmount Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Silenus and the Infant Bacchus (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Heroes (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Friedrich von Steuben (about 400 feet away); Fountain of the Sea Horses (about 500 feet away); John Paul Jones

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(about 500 feet away); Casimir Pulaski (about 500 feet away); Lafayette (about 500 feet away); General Nathanael Greene (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

<i>Tiger at Bay</i> and its namesake marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2022

2. Tiger at Bay and its namesake marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 175 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.