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This bronze sculpture of the university’s founder, Anthony J. Drexel, was created by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, who also created the marble bust of Drexel that resides in the Main building. Anthony J. Drexel is remembered not only as one of the most influential financiers of the 19th century but also as a philanthropist and lover of art. His love of the arts helped create The Drexel Collection with a number of pieces from his personal collection being left to the Drexel Institute in 1893. This sculpture is located at 33rd and Market streets. It was first dedicated at Belmont and Lansdowne Avenues in Philadelphia in 1905, but relocated to the Drexel campus in 1966.