Statue of Anthony J. Drexel

Anthony J. Drexel is a bronze statue by Moses Jacob Ezekiel of Drexel University founder Anthony Joseph Drexel. It is located at 32nd Street and Market Street, Philadelphia.

It was dedicated on June 17, 1905, at Belmont and Lansdowne Avenues. It was relocated to Drexel University, in December 1966, and again in 2003.

The inscription reads: (Sculpture, proper right front, on oriental carpet near base:) M. Ezekiel (Base, front:) ANTHONY J. DREXEL A SON OF PHILADELPHIA WHO DID HONOR TO HIS NATIVE CITY BY THE UPRIGHTNESS OF HIS LIFE HIS INTEGRITY AS A GREAT FINANCIER AND HIS GENEROUS INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC WELFARE (Base, left side:) FOUNDER OF THE DREXEL 1826 1893 (Base, rear:) INSTITUTE OF ART PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA BY HIS FRIEND JOHN H. HARJES 1904 (Base, right side:) SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 1826 1893 signed