John McArthur, Jr.: Nude Defending a Staircase

ABC:LHS #085-3   John McArthur, Jr....

...was a Scottish immigrant who specialized in huge buildings that were meant to last a long time. When his massive Philadelphia City Hall was finished, it was the largest building in the Western Hemisphere. Sculptor Alexander Milne Calder honored him with a representation as SCIENCE in the eastern portico. He is naked ... and buff.