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Today I headed down to the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Center City. As I gazed at the beautiful masterpieces on the walls, and glorious sculptures throughout the museum, one monument came directly to my attention. The monument card read La Premiere Pose, Howard Roberts, (American 1843-1900), 1873-1876, Marble. It faces a northern wall and is placed on top of a large wooden stand. The sculpture itself is completely white marble and is exactly fifty-one and a quarter inches in size. It is lit in a manner that makes it seem as if it is being kissed by the sun. Howard Roberts is an American artist born in 1843 in Philadelphia. He, much like his contemporaries who